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About Basgana Village

Basgana is a mid sized village in Birni tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 320 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basgana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basgana village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Birni
Pincode 815316
Area (hectares) 211.68 hectares
Population 644
Male Population 320
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
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 Basgana compares

By the 2011 count Basgana is the 99th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 996 residents. Its 211.68 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Basgana

Basgana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basgana 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. The nearest villages by name are Baramasia, Baratanr, Barotanr and Barotola. 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 Basgana

As per the Census of India 2011, Basgana village had a population of 644. That makes it the 99th largest of the 166 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 996 residents.

Basgana village has 320 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basgana has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Basgana is 815316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basgana covers 211.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basgana falls under Birni tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Basgana notes the nearest railway station 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 Basgana.

Basgana is in Birni tehsil of Giridih 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 Basgana today is likely to be higher.

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