About Baskojoka Village

Baskojoka is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 24 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.89 hectares hectares.

Baskojoka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baskojoka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Area (hectares)	46.89 hectares
Population	48
Male Population	24
Female Population	24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baskojoka compares

By the 2011 count Baskojoka is the 180th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 46.89 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Baskojoka

Baskojoka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baskojoka 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baskojoka from other places

Baskojoka lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 14 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 Baskojoka
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	16 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	16 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	16 km

Villages closest to Baskojoka

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 Baskojoka

As per the Census of India 2011, Baskojoka village had a population of 48. That makes it the 180th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Baskojoka village has 24 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baskojoka has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Baskojoka covers 46.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baskojoka falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baskojoka is Karanpurato, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Baskojoka.

Baskojoka is about 16 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baskojoka is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 14 km away. Barhait is about 16 km away. Sahibganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.