About Baksawan Village

Baksawan is a large village in Goraul tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,828, made up of 2,038 males and 1,790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares.

Baksawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baksawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Vaishali
Tehsil	Goraul
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	3,828
Male Population	2,038
Female Population	1,790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baksawan compares

By the 2011 count Baksawan is the 13th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,113 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Baksawan

Baksawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baksawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Baksawan from other places

Baksawan lies about 33 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Bennipatti Pirapur, about 7.7 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 Baksawan
Nearest railway station	Bennipatti Pirapur	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goraul	8.5 km
Nearest town	Lālganj	21 km
District headquarters	Vaishali	33 km

Villages closest to Baksawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baksawan village had a population of 3,828. That makes it the 13th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,113 residents.

Baksawan village has 2,038 males and 1,790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baksawan has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Baksawan covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Baksawan falls under Goraul tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baksawan is Bennipatti Pirapur, about 7.7 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 village for Baksawan.

Baksawan is about 33 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baksawan is in Goraul tehsil of Vaishali district. Bennipatti Pirapur is about 7.7 km away. Goraul is about 8.5 km away. Lālganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.