About Basdiha Village

Basdiha is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 59 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basdiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basdiha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	21.06 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	59
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
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 Basdiha compares

By the 2011 count Basdiha is the 353rd largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 21.06 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 988.

Getting to Basdiha

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

Basdiha lies about 41 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Hansdiha, about under 2 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 Basdiha
Nearest railway station	Hansdiha	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	24 km
Nearest town	Godda	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	41 km

Villages closest to Basdiha

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.

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Common questions about Basdiha

As per the Census of India 2011, Basdiha village had a population of 111. That makes it the 353rd largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Basdiha village has 59 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basdiha has about 881 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 Basdiha is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basdiha covers 21.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basdiha falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basdiha is Hansdiha, about under 2 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 Basdiha.

Basdiha is about 41 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basdiha is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Hansdiha is about under 2 km away. Jarmundi is about 24 km away. Godda is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.