About Basnia Village

Basnia is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 98 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,296 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basnia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	152.32 hectares
Population	225
Male Population	98
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,296
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basnia compares

By the 2011 count Basnia is the 104th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 152.32 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Basnia

Basnia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basnia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Basnia from other places

Basnia lies about 9.8 km from Borio, and the nearest railway station is Sahibganj, 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 Basnia
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sahibganj	14 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	14 km

Villages closest to Basnia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basnia village had a population of 225. That makes it the 104th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Basnia village has 98 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basnia has about 1296 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Basnia is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basnia covers 152.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basnia falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basnia is Sahibganj, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basnia.

Basnia is about 9.8 km from Borio in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basnia is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 9.8 km away. Sahibganj is about 14 km away. Sāhibganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.