About Biskota Village

Biskota is a small village in Majhgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 159 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biskota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biskota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Majhgaon
Pincode	833214
Area (hectares)	164 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	159
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Biskota compares

By the 2011 count Biskota is the 76th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 837 residents. Its 164 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1023.

Getting to Biskota

Biskota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Biskota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Biskota from other places

Biskota lies about 66 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Badampahar, about 20 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 Biskota
Tehsil headquarters	Majhgaon	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Badampahar	20 km
Nearest town	Karanjiā	32 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	66 km

Villages closest to Biskota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biskota village had a population of 289. That makes it the 76th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 837 residents.

Biskota village has 159 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biskota has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Biskota is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biskota covers 164 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Biskota falls under Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Biskota is Badampahar, about 20 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 village for Biskota.

Biskota is about 66 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biskota is in Majhgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Majhgaon is about 6.7 km away. Badampahar is about 20 km away. Karanjiā is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.