About Basha Village

Basha is a mid sized village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,366, made up of 683 males and 683 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Mandro
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	398 hectares
Population	1,366
Male Population	683
Female Population	683
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Basha compares

By the 2011 count Basha is the 13th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 398 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1014.

Getting to Basha

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

Basha lies about 12 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about 6.6 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 Basha
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandro	7.0 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	12 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	12 km

Villages closest to Basha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basha village had a population of 1,366. That makes it the 13th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Basha village has 683 males and 683 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basha has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Basha is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basha covers 398 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basha falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basha is Karamtola, about 6.6 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 Basha.

Basha is about 12 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basha is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karamtola is about 6.6 km away. Mandro is about 7.0 km away. Sahibganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.