About Basko Village

Basko is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 48 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basko village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816116
Area (hectares)	89 hectares
Population	102
Male Population	48
Female Population	54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
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 Basko compares

By the 2011 count Basko is the 130th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 89 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Basko

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

Basko 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 Basko
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	14 km
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	16 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	16 km

Villages closest to Basko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basko village had a population of 102. That makes it the 130th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Basko village has 48 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basko has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Basko is 816116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basko covers 89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basko falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basko 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 Basko.

Basko 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.

Basko is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 14 km away. Karanpurato is about 14 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.