About Basko Village

Basko is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 240 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	579 hectares
Population	468
Male Population	240
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
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 Basko compares

By the 2011 count Basko is the 111th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 579 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Basko

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

Basko lies about 58 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 29 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 Basko
Nearest railway station	Gumani	29 km
Nearest town	Pakur	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	33 km
District headquarters	Dumka	58 km

Villages closest to Basko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basko village had a population of 468. That makes it the 111th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Basko village has 240 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basko has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Basko is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basko covers 579 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basko falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basko is Gumani, about 29 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 Basko.

Basko is about 58 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basko is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Gumani is about 29 km away. Pakur is about 32 km away. Ramgarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.