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About Baskola Village

Baskola is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 43, made up of 20 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,150 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baskola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baskola village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Mandro
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 21 hectares
Population 43
Male Population 20
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,150
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 Baskola compares

By the 2011 count Baskola is the 150th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 21 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Baskola

Baskola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baskola 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 Baskola from other places

Baskola lies about 17 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, 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 Baskola
Tehsil headquarters Mandro 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Karamtola 14 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 17 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 17 km

Villages closest to Baskola

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.

Common questions about Baskola

As per the Census of India 2011, Baskola village had a population of 43. That makes it the 150th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Baskola village has 20 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baskola has about 1150 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Baskola covers 21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baskola falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baskola is Karamtola, 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 Baskola.

Baskola 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.

Baskola is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 3.2 km away. Karamtola is about 14 km away. Sahibganj is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basgo Bodo (under 2 km), Tara (under 2 km) and Banskola (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Baskola today is likely to be higher.

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