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About Baski Village

Baski is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 204 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213 hectares hectares.

Baski Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baski village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Area (hectares) 213 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 204
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baski compares

By the 2011 count Baski is the 63rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 213 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Baski

Baski is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Baski as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Baski from other places

Baski lies about 26 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 16 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 Baski
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 3.6 km
Nearest railway station Pokla 16 km
District headquarters Khunti 26 km

Villages closest to Baski

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baski village had a population of 413. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Baski village has 204 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baski has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Baski covers 213 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baski falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baski is Pokla, about 16 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 km distance for Baski.

Baski is about 26 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baski is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 3.6 km away. Pokla is about 16 km away. Khunti is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ubka (1.6 km), Kamra (1.9 km) and Barda (2.1 km).

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

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