About Basaria Village

Basaria is a mid sized village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,524, made up of 809 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaria village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	104.32 hectares
Population	1,524
Male Population	809
Female Population	715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basaria compares

By the 2011 count Basaria is the 25th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 104.32 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Basaria

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

How far is Basaria from other places

Basaria lies about 6.9 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 5.7 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 Basaria
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	6.2 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	6.9 km

Villages closest to Basaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaria village had a population of 1,524. That makes it the 25th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Basaria village has 809 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaria has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Basaria is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basaria covers 104.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basaria falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basaria is Meralgram, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Basaria is about 6.9 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaria is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 5.7 km away. Meral is about 6.2 km away. Garhwa is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.