About Basodih Village

Basodih is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 112 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basodih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basodih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	146 hectares
Population	227
Male Population	112
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basodih compares

By the 2011 count Basodih is the 194th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 146 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Basodih

Basodih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basodih as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Basodih from other places

Basodih lies about 16 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kawar, about 8.1 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 Basodih
Nearest railway station	Kawar	8.1 km
District headquarters	Giridih	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	30 km

Villages closest to Basodih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basodih village had a population of 227. That makes it the 194th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Basodih village has 112 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basodih has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

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

Basodih covers 146 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.

Basodih falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basodih is Kawar, about 8.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basodih.

Basodih is about 16 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basodih is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Kawar is about 8.1 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Gande is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.