About Basko Village

Basko is a small village in Amrapara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 22, made up of 12 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Amrapara
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	111.06 hectares
Population	22
Male Population	12
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basko compares

By the 2011 count Basko is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 111.06 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 995.

Getting to Basko

Basko is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basko as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Basko from other places

Basko lies about 32 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Gumani, about 29 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 Basko
Tehsil headquarters	Amrapara	22 km
Nearest railway station	Gumani	29 km
District headquarters	Pakur	32 km

Villages closest to Basko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basko village had a population of 22. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Basko village has 12 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basko has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Basko is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basko covers 111.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basko falls under Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basko is Gumani, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Basko.

Basko is about 32 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basko is in Amrapara tehsil of Pakur district. Amrapara is about 22 km away. Gumani is about 29 km away. Pakur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.