About Basaha Village

Basaha is a small village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 223 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.15 hectares hectares.

Basaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Tundi
Area (hectares)	120.15 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	223
Female Population	197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
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 Basaha compares

By the 2011 count Basaha is the 86th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 120.15 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 958.

Getting to Basaha

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

Basaha lies about 40 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 12 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 Basaha
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	12 km
Nearest town	Giridih	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tundi	19 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	40 km

Villages closest to Basaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaha village had a population of 420. That makes it the 86th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Basaha village has 223 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaha has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Basaha covers 120.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basaha falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basaha is Maheshmunda Junction, about 12 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 Basaha.

Basaha is about 40 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaha is in Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 12 km away. Giridih is about 17 km away. Tundi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.