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About Basmatitikar Village

Basmatitikar is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 19 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basmatitikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmatitikar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Jarmundi
Pincode 814120
Area (hectares) 22.55 hectares
Population 35
Male Population 19
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
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 Basmatitikar compares

By the 2011 count Basmatitikar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 22.55 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Basmatitikar

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

Basmatitikar lies about 33 km from Dumka, 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 Basmatitikar
Nearest railway station Dhanpatdih 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Jarmundi 18 km
Nearest town Madhupur 29 km
District headquarters Dumka 33 km

Villages closest to Basmatitikar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmatitikar village had a population of 35. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Basmatitikar village has 19 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmatitikar has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Basmatitikar is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basmatitikar covers 22.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basmatitikar falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basmatitikar 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 10+ km distance for Basmatitikar.

Basmatitikar is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmatitikar is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 15 km away. Jarmundi is about 18 km away. Madhupur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basmata (under 2 km), Kolharia (2.9 km) and Nawadih (4.2 km).

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

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