About Basantrai Village

Basantrai is a mid sized village in Bashant Rai tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 307 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantrai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Bashant Rai
Pincode	814155
Area (hectares)	16.79 hectares
Population	581
Male Population	307
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Basantrai compares

By the 2011 count Basantrai is the 63rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 16.79 hectares work out to about 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Basantrai

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

Basantrai lies about under 2 km from Bashant Rai, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 18 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 Basantrai
Tehsil headquarters	Bashant Rai	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Godda	18 km

Villages closest to Basantrai

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.

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Common questions about Basantrai

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantrai village had a population of 581. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Basantrai village has 307 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantrai has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Basantrai is 814155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantrai covers 16.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantrai falls under Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basantrai is Godda, about 18 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 Basantrai.

Basantrai is about under 2 km from Bashant Rai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantrai is in Bashant Rai tehsil of Godda district. Bashant Rai is about under 2 km away. Godda is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.