About Basurda Village

Basurda is a mid sized village in Adityapur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,085, made up of 559 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basurda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basurda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Adityapur
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	178 hectares
Population	1,085
Male Population	559
Female Population	526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 Basurda compares

By the 2011 count Basurda is the 30th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 623 residents. Its 178 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Basurda

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

Basurda lies about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 1.8 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 Basurda
Nearest railway station	Mahali Marup	1.8 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	13 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Adityapur	28 km

Villages closest to Basurda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basurda village had a population of 1,085. That makes it the 30th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 623 residents.

Basurda village has 559 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basurda has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Basurda is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basurda covers 178 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basurda falls under Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basurda is Mahali Marup, about 1.8 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 Basurda.

Basurda is about 13 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basurda is in Adityapur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Mahali Marup is about 1.8 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 13 km away. Chāībāsa is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.