About Basnahi Village

Basnahi is a mid sized village in Sonbarsa tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,818, made up of 925 males and 893 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393 hectares hectares.

Basnahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basnahi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Sonbarsa
Area (hectares)	393 hectares
Population	1,818
Male Population	925
Female Population	893
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basnahi compares

By the 2011 count Basnahi is the 50th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,997 residents. Its 393 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Basnahi

Basnahi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basnahi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Balia Ekduari, Barahi, Baraith and Bargaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Basnahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Basnahi village had a population of 1,818. That makes it the 50th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,997 residents.

Basnahi village has 925 males and 893 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basnahi has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 919.

Basnahi covers 393 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basnahi falls under Sonbarsa tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The census record for Basnahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basnahi.

Basnahi is in Sonbarsa tehsil of Saharsa district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.