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About Basti Jalal Village

Basti Jalal is one of the larger villages in Dighwara tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,033, made up of 3,668 males and 3,365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354 hectares hectares.

Basti Jalal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti Jalal village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Dighwara
Area (hectares) 354 hectares
Population 7,033
Male Population 3,668
Female Population 3,365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basti Jalal compares

By the 2011 count Basti Jalal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,901 residents. Its 354 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Basti Jalal

Basti Jalal 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 Basti Jalal 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 Basti Jalal from other places

Basti Jalal lies about 53 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Sitalpur, 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 Basti Jalal
Nearest railway station Sitalpur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dighwara 4.8 km
Nearest town Dighwāra 4.8 km
District headquarters Saran 53 km

Villages closest to Basti Jalal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti Jalal village had a population of 7,033. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,901 residents.

Basti Jalal village has 3,668 males and 3,365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti Jalal has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Basti Jalal covers 354 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basti Jalal falls under Dighwara tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basti Jalal is Sitalpur, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basti Jalal.

Basti Jalal is about 53 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basti Jalal is in Dighwara tehsil of Saran district. Sitalpur is about under 2 km away. Dighwara is about 4.8 km away. Dighwāra is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanakpur (under 2 km), Parsotimpur (under 2 km) and Kesarpur (under 2 km).

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

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