About Basmata Village

Basmata is a small village in Palojori tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 138 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basmata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Palojori
Pincode	815351
Area (hectares)	79.82 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	138
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
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 Basmata compares

By the 2011 count Basmata is the 173rd largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 605 residents. Its 79.82 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Basmata

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

Basmata lies about 32 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 15 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 Basmata
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	15 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palojori	32 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	32 km

Villages closest to Basmata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmata village had a population of 273. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 605 residents.

Basmata village has 138 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmata has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Basmata is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basmata covers 79.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basmata falls under Palojori tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basmata is Dhanpatdih, about 15 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 Basmata.

Basmata is about 32 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmata is in Palojori tehsil of Deoghar district. Dhanpatdih is about 15 km away. Madhupur is about 29 km away. Palojori is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.