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About Jungle Basti Village

Jungle Basti is a small village in Mahur tehsil, in the district of Dima Hasao, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 42 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 788830, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jungle Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jungle Basti village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dima Hasao
Tehsil Mahur
Pincode 788830
Population 86
Male Population 42
Female Population 44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Jungle Basti compares

By the 2011 count Jungle Basti is the 107th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 245 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Jungle Basti

The census records public bus service for Jungle Basti as Available within <5 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 Jungle Basti from other places

Jungle Basti lies about 18 km from Dima Hasao, and the nearest railway station is New Haflong, about 1.6 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 Jungle Basti
Nearest town Hāflong under 2 km
Nearest railway station New Haflong 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Mahur 9.6 km
District headquarters Dima Hasao 18 km

Villages closest to Jungle Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahur 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 Jungle Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Jungle Basti village had a population of 86. That makes it the 107th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 245 residents.

Jungle Basti village has 42 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jungle Basti has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Jungle Basti is 788830. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jungle Basti falls under Mahur tehsil of Dima Hasao district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Jungle Basti is New Haflong, about 1.6 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Jungle Basti.

Jungle Basti is about 18 km from Dima Hasao in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jungle Basti is in Mahur tehsil of Dima Hasao district. Hāflong is about under 2 km away. New Haflong is about 1.6 km away. Mahur is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tilla Basti (under 2 km), Lodi Kachari (3.5 km) and Lodi Kuki (3.5 km).

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

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