About Basitkund Village

Basitkund is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,489, made up of 736 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basitkund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basitkund village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	816117
Area (hectares)	496 hectares
Population	1,489
Male Population	736
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basitkund compares

By the 2011 count Basitkund is the 11th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 496 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Basitkund

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

Basitkund lies about 32 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 21 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 Basitkund
Tehsil headquarters	Pakuria	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	21 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	23 km
District headquarters	Pakur	32 km

Villages closest to Basitkund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basitkund village had a population of 1,489. That makes it the 11th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Basitkund village has 736 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basitkund has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Basitkund is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basitkund covers 496 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basitkund falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basitkund is Harinsing, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basitkund.

Basitkund 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.

Basitkund is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 8.8 km away. Harinsing is about 21 km away. Nalhāti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.