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About Nagar Basti Village

Nagar Basti is a large village in Warisnagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,298, made up of 1,214 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.28 hectares hectares.

Nagar Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagar Basti village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Warisnagar
Area (hectares) 24.28 hectares
Population 2,298
Male Population 1,214
Female Population 1,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nagar Basti compares

By the 2011 count Nagar Basti is the 35th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,219 residents. Its 24.28 hectares work out to about 95 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Nagar Basti

Nagar Basti 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 Nagar Basti as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Nagar Basti from other places

Nagar Basti lies about 4.3 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Muktapur, about 3.2 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 Nagar Basti
Nearest railway station Muktapur 3.2 km
District headquarters Samastipur 4.3 km
Nearest town Samāstipur 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Warisnagar 10 km

Villages closest to Nagar Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Warisnagar 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 Nagar Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagar Basti village had a population of 2,298. That makes it the 35th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,219 residents.

Nagar Basti village has 1,214 males and 1,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagar Basti has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 899.

Nagar Basti covers 24.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 95 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Nagar Basti falls under Warisnagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nagar Basti is Muktapur, about 3.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Nagar Basti.

Nagar Basti is about 4.3 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagar Basti is in Warisnagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Muktapur is about 3.2 km away. Samastipur is about 4.3 km away. Samāstipur is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dainiman (under 2 km), Maharaj Ganj (under 2 km) and Begampur (under 2 km).

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

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