About Basatpur Village

Basatpur is a large village in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,416, made up of 1,772 males and 1,644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155 hectares hectares.

Basatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basatpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Simri Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares)	155 hectares
Population	3,416
Male Population	1,772
Female Population	1,644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basatpur compares

By the 2011 count Basatpur is the 29th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 155 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Basatpur

Basatpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basatpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basatpur from other places

Basatpur lies about 14 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika, about 5.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Basatpur
Nearest railway station	Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri Bakhtiarpur	6.6 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	12 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	14 km

Villages closest to Basatpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Basatpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basatpur village had a population of 3,416. That makes it the 29th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Basatpur village has 1,772 males and 1,644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basatpur has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 901.

Basatpur covers 155 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basatpur falls under Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basatpur is Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika, about 5.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basatpur.

Basatpur is about 14 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basatpur is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika is about 5.3 km away. Simri Bakhtiarpur is about 6.6 km away. Bangaon is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.