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About Banwari Basant Village

Banwari Basant is a large village in Garkha tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,401, made up of 1,230 males and 1,171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.23 hectares hectares.

Banwari Basant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwari Basant village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Garkha
Area (hectares) 141.23 hectares
Population 2,401
Male Population 1,230
Female Population 1,171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banwari Basant compares

By the 2011 count Banwari Basant is the 41st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,757 residents. Its 141.23 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Banwari Basant

The census records public bus service for Banwari Basant as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Banwari Basant from other places

Banwari Basant lies about 44 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Awatar Nagar, about 4.1 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 Banwari Basant
Nearest railway station Awatar Nagar 4.1 km
Nearest town Dighwāra 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Garkha 10 km
District headquarters Saran 44 km

Villages closest to Banwari Basant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garkha 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 Banwari Basant

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwari Basant village had a population of 2,401. That makes it the 41st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,757 residents.

Banwari Basant village has 1,230 males and 1,171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwari Basant has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 963.

Banwari Basant covers 141.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Banwari Basant falls under Garkha tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Banwari Basant is Awatar Nagar, about 4.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banwari Basant.

Banwari Basant is about 44 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwari Basant is in Garkha tehsil of Saran district. Awatar Nagar is about 4.1 km away. Dighwāra is about 8.1 km away. Garkha is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramgarha (under 2 km), Gauhar Basant (under 2 km) and Sirpal Basant (under 2 km).

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

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