About Basgo Village

Basgo is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 44 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basgo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basgo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	60.13 hectares
Population	87
Male Population	44
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
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 Basgo compares

By the 2011 count Basgo is the 157th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 60.13 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Basgo

Basgo is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basgo 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 Basgo from other places

Basgo lies about 17 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 5.5 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 Basgo
Nearest railway station	Taljhari	5.5 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	17 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	17 km

Villages closest to Basgo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basgo village had a population of 87. That makes it the 157th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Basgo village has 44 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basgo has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Basgo is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basgo covers 60.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basgo falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basgo is Taljhari, about 5.5 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 Basgo.

Basgo is about 17 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basgo is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 5.5 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Barhait is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.