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About Basaria Village

Basaria is one of the larger villages in Dalsinghsarai tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,609, made up of 3,938 males and 3,671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 452 hectares hectares.

Basaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaria village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Dalsinghsarai
Area (hectares) 452 hectares
Population 7,609
Male Population 3,938
Female Population 3,671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basaria compares

By the 2011 count Basaria is the 8th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,252 residents. Its 452 hectares work out to about 17 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 907.

Getting to Basaria

Basaria is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basaria as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basaria from other places

Basaria lies about 19 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Basarhia Halt, about under 2 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 Basaria
Nearest railway station Basarhia Halt under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dalsinghsarai 3.7 km
Nearest town Dalsingh Sarai 3.7 km
District headquarters Samastipur 19 km

Villages closest to Basaria

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

Common questions about Basaria

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaria village had a population of 7,609. That makes it the 8th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,252 residents.

Basaria village has 3,938 males and 3,671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaria has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Basaria covers 452 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basaria falls under Dalsinghsarai tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basaria is Basarhia Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basaria.

Basaria is about 19 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaria is in Dalsinghsarai tehsil of Samastipur district. Basarhia Halt is about under 2 km away. Dalsinghsarai is about 3.7 km away. Dalsingh Sarai is about 3.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahnaia (under 2 km), Konaila (under 2 km) and Kamrawan (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basaria today is likely to be higher.

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