About Baskupi Village

Baskupi is a mid sized village in Karon tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 829, made up of 447 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baskupi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baskupi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Karon
Pincode	815553
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	829
Male Population	447
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
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 Baskupi compares

By the 2011 count Baskupi is the 34th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 631 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Baskupi

Baskupi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baskupi 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 Baskupi from other places

Baskupi lies about 35 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Madankata Railway Station, about 3.1 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 Baskupi
Nearest railway station	Madankata Railway Station	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karon	8.9 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	12 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	35 km

Villages closest to Baskupi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baskupi village had a population of 829. That makes it the 34th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 631 residents.

Baskupi village has 447 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baskupi has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Baskupi is 815553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baskupi covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baskupi falls under Karon tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baskupi is Madankata Railway Station, about 3.1 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 Baskupi.

Baskupi is about 35 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baskupi is in Karon tehsil of Deoghar district. Madankata Railway Station is about 3.1 km away. Karon is about 8.9 km away. Madhupur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.