About Bedia Saontali Village

Bedia Saontali is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 425, made up of 212 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bedia Saontali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bedia Saontali village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	174.6 hectares
Population	425
Male Population	212
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
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 Bedia Saontali compares

By the 2011 count Bedia Saontali is the 108th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 174.6 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Bedia Saontali

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

Bedia Saontali lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 19 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 Bedia Saontali
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	30 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Bedia Saontali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masalia 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 Bedia Saontali

As per the Census of India 2011, Bedia Saontali village had a population of 425. That makes it the 108th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Bedia Saontali village has 212 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bedia Saontali has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Bedia Saontali is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bedia Saontali covers 174.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bedia Saontali falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bedia Saontali is Basukinath Railway Station, about 19 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 Bedia Saontali.

Bedia Saontali is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bedia Saontali is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 19 km away. Masalia is about 30 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.