About Basiya Village

Basiya is a large village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,985, made up of 1,979 males and 2,006 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1057 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	1057 hectares
Population	3,985
Male Population	1,979
Female Population	2,006
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basiya compares

By the 2011 count Basiya is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1057 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Basiya

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

Basiya lies about 35 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pakra, about 13 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 Basiya
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Pakra	13 km
District headquarters	Gumla	35 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	35 km

Villages closest to Basiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basiya village had a population of 3,985. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Basiya village has 1,979 males and 2,006 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basiya has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Basiya is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basiya covers 1057 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basiya falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basiya is Pakra, about 13 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 village for Basiya.

Basiya is about 35 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basiya is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about under 2 km away. Pakra is about 13 km away. Gumla is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.