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About Basterwa Village

Basterwa is a small village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 165 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basterwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basterwa village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Ramgarh
Pincode 814102
Area (hectares) 134.8 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 165
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 994
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basterwa compares

By the 2011 count Basterwa is the 182nd largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 134.8 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Basterwa

Basterwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basterwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Baratanr, Basdiha Pachhimtola, Basdiha Purabtola and Baskia. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Basterwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basterwa village had a population of 329. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Basterwa village has 165 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basterwa has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Basterwa is 814102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basterwa covers 134.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basterwa falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Basterwa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basterwa.

Basterwa is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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