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About Baski Village

Baski is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 399, made up of 208 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baski Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baski village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Deoghar
Tehsil Sarath
Pincode 815353
Area (hectares) 185.77 hectares
Population 399
Male Population 208
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
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 Baski compares

By the 2011 count Baski is the 147th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 185.77 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Baski

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

Baski lies about 28 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 8.0 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 Baski
Tehsil headquarters Sarath 7.2 km
Nearest railway station Joramow Railway Station 8.0 km
Nearest town Madhupur 14 km
District headquarters Deoghar 28 km

Villages closest to Baski

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baski village had a population of 399. That makes it the 147th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Baski village has 208 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baski has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Baski is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baski covers 185.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baski falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baski is Joramow Railway Station, about 8.0 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 Baski.

Baski is about 28 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baski is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Sarath is about 7.2 km away. Joramow Railway Station is about 8.0 km away. Madhupur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alagbara (under 2 km), Bara (under 2 km) and Bara Kothariya (under 2 km).

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

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