About Basahari Village

Basahari is a mid sized village in Dubrajpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 898 males and 811 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Dubrajpur
Pincode	731124
Area (hectares)	398.2 hectares
Population	1,709
Male Population	898
Female Population	811
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
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 Basahari compares

By the 2011 count Basahari is the 28th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 398.2 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Basahari

Basahari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basahari 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 Basahari from other places

Basahari lies about 62 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chinpai, about 11 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 Basahari
Nearest railway station	Chinpai	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dubrajpur	12 km
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	12 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	62 km

Villages closest to Basahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahari village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 28th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Basahari village has 898 males and 811 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahari has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Basahari is 731124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basahari covers 398.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basahari falls under Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Basahari is Chinpai, about 11 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 Basahari.

Basahari is about 62 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahari is in Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Chinpai is about 11 km away. Dubrajpur is about 12 km away. Dubrājpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.