About Basan Village

Basan is a large village in Kersai tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,266, made up of 1,150 males and 1,116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1082 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Kersai
Pincode	835223
Area (hectares)	1082 hectares
Population	2,266
Male Population	1,150
Female Population	1,116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basan compares

By the 2011 count Basan is the 7th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,961 residents. Its 1082 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Basan

Basan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basan as Available within village. 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 Basan from other places

Basan lies about 25 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Biramitrapur, about 56 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 Basan
Tehsil headquarters	Kersai	14 km
District headquarters	Simdega	25 km
Nearest railway station	Biramitrapur	56 km

Villages closest to Basan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basan village had a population of 2,266. That makes it the 7th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,961 residents.

Basan village has 1,150 males and 1,116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basan has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Basan is 835223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basan covers 1082 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basan falls under Kersai tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basan is Biramitrapur, about 56 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basan.

Basan is about 25 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basan is in Kersai tehsil of Simdega district. Kersai is about 14 km away. Simdega is about 25 km away. Biramitrapur is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.