About Bastikurha Village

Bastikurha is a small village in Tisri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 63 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bastikurha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastikurha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Tisri
Pincode	815317
Area (hectares)	66 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	63
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
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 Bastikurha compares

By the 2011 count Bastikurha is the 146th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 527 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Bastikurha

Bastikurha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bastikurha 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 Bastikurha from other places

Bastikurha lies about 48 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Duriatanr Halt, 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 Bastikurha
Tehsil headquarters	Tisri	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Duriatanr Halt	19 km
Nearest town	Jhajha	35 km
District headquarters	Giridih	48 km

Villages closest to Bastikurha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastikurha village had a population of 115. That makes it the 146th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 527 residents.

Bastikurha village has 63 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastikurha has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Bastikurha is 815317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bastikurha covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bastikurha falls under Tisri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bastikurha is Duriatanr Halt, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bastikurha.

Bastikurha is about 48 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastikurha is in Tisri tehsil of Giridih district. Tisri is about 4.0 km away. Duriatanr Halt is about 19 km away. Jhajha is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.