About Basta Village

Basta is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 600, made up of 294 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	103.29 hectares
Population	600
Male Population	294
Female Population	306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basta compares

By the 2011 count Basta is the 122nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 103.29 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Basta

Basta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basta as Available within 5 - 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 Basta from other places

Basta lies about 24 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 11 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 Basta
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Murarai	11 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	18 km
District headquarters	Pakur	24 km

Villages closest to Basta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basta village had a population of 600. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Basta village has 294 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basta has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Basta covers 103.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basta falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basta is Murarai, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basta.

Basta is about 24 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basta is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 4.5 km away. Murarai is about 11 km away. Nalhāti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.