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About Basauli Village

Basauli is a mid sized village in Hajipur tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,411, made up of 760 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares.

Basauli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basauli village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Tehsil Hajipur
Area (hectares) 49 hectares
Population 1,411
Male Population 760
Female Population 651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 857
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basauli compares

By the 2011 count Basauli is the 60th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Basauli

The census records public bus service for Basauli as Available within 5 - 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 Basauli from other places

Basauli lies about 37 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Chakmakrand, about 2.6 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 Basauli
Nearest railway station Chakmakrand 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Hajipur 8.7 km
Nearest town Hājīpur 8.7 km
District headquarters Vaishali 37 km

Villages closest to Basauli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basauli village had a population of 1,411. That makes it the 60th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents.

Basauli village has 760 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basauli has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Basauli covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basauli falls under Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basauli is Chakmakrand, about 2.6 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basauli.

Basauli is about 37 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basauli is in Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district. Chakmakrand is about 2.6 km away. Hajipur is about 8.7 km away. Hājīpur is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panapur Langa (under 2 km), Kansara (under 2 km) and Az Rakbe Gumti (1.6 km).

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

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