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About Basan Sarai Gadal Village

Basan Sarai Gadal is a small village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 20 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basan Sarai Gadal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basan Sarai Gadal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Bashant Rai
Pincode 814155
Area (hectares) 35 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 20
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basan Sarai Gadal compares

By the 2011 count Basan Sarai Gadal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Basan Sarai Gadal

Basan Sarai Gadal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basan Sarai Gadal as Available within village. 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 Basan Sarai Gadal from other places

Basan Sarai Gadal lies about 44 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 1.8 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 Basan Sarai Gadal
Nearest railway station Ghogha 1.8 km
Nearest town Colgong 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Bashant Rai 25 km
District headquarters Godda 44 km

Villages closest to Basan Sarai Gadal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bashant Rai 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.

Common questions about Basan Sarai Gadal

As per the Census of India 2011, Basan Sarai Gadal village had a population of 39. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Basan Sarai Gadal village has 20 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basan Sarai Gadal has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Basan Sarai Gadal is 814155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basan Sarai Gadal covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basan Sarai Gadal falls under Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basan Sarai Gadal is Ghogha, about 1.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basan Sarai Gadal.

Basan Sarai Gadal is about 44 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basan Sarai Gadal is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Ghogha is about 1.8 km away. Colgong is about 7.3 km away. Bashant Rai is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gathaur (6.1 km), Maheshpur (8.8 km) and Banshipur (9.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basan Sarai Gadal today is likely to be higher.

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