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About Basmata Village

Basmata is a small village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 130, made up of 65 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814150, 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 Sona Rai Tharhi
Pincode 814150
Area (hectares) 42 hectares
Population 130
Male Population 65
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basmata compares

By the 2011 count Basmata is the 144th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Basmata

Basmata is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basmata as Available within 10+ 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 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 Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Basmata

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmata village had a population of 130. That makes it the 144th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Basmata village has 65 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmata has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Basmata is 814150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basmata covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basmata falls under Sona Rai Tharhi 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 <5 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 Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Dhanpatdih is about 15 km away. Madhupur is about 29 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolhariya (2.9 km), Kulhariya (2.9 km) and Pindra (6.4 km).

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

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