About Basmata Village

Basmata is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 251 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basmata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bengabad
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	480
Male Population	251
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
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 Basmata compares

By the 2011 count Basmata is the 104th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Basmata

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

Basmata lies about 13 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, about 8.9 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 Basmata
Tehsil headquarters	Bengabad	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	New Giridih	8.9 km
District headquarters	Giridih	13 km

Villages closest to Basmata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmata village had a population of 480. That makes it the 104th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Basmata village has 251 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmata has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Basmata is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basmata covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basmata falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basmata is New Giridih, about 8.9 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 Basmata.

Basmata is about 13 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmata is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 3.7 km away. New Giridih is about 8.9 km away. Giridih is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.