About Basti Village

Basti is a large village in Chehra Kalan tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,492, made up of 1,158 males and 1,334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 843102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Vaishali
Tehsil	Chehra Kalan
Pincode	843102
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	2,492
Male Population	1,158
Female Population	1,334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,152
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basti compares

By the 2011 count Basti is the 19th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Basti

Basti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basti as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basti from other places

Basti lies about 40 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Dholi, about 14 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
Tehsil headquarters	Chehra Kalan	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Dholi	14 km
Nearest town	Muzaffarpur	27 km
District headquarters	Vaishali	40 km

Villages closest to Basti

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

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Common questions about Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti village had a population of 2,492. That makes it the 19th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,674 residents.

Basti village has 1,158 males and 1,334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Basti is 843102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basti covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basti falls under Chehra Kalan tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basti is Dholi, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basti.

Basti is about 40 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basti is in Chehra Kalan tehsil of Vaishali district. Chehra Kalan is about 8.1 km away. Dholi is about 14 km away. Muzaffarpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.