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About Basmata Village

Basmata is a small village in Pakaur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 326, made up of 157 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basmata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmata village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Pakaur
Pincode 816107
Area (hectares) 78 hectares
Population 326
Male Population 157
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,076
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basmata compares

By the 2011 count Basmata is the 125th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,620 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Basmata

Basmata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basmata 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basmata from other places

Basmata lies about 6.1 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Nagarnabi, about 2.5 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 Basmata
Nearest railway station Nagarnabi 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Pakaur 6.1 km
District headquarters Pakur 6.1 km

Villages closest to Basmata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmata village had a population of 326. That makes it the 125th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,620 residents.

Basmata village has 157 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmata has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Basmata is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basmata covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basmata falls under Pakaur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basmata is Nagarnabi, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Basmata.

Basmata is about 6.1 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmata is in Pakaur tehsil of Pakur district. Nagarnabi is about 2.5 km away. Pakaur is about 6.1 km away. Pakur is about 6.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changadanga (under 2 km), Rajbandh (under 2 km) and Salbani (under 2 km).

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

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