About Ghora Basan Village

Ghora Basan is a small village in Potashpur II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 126 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghora Basan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghora Basan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Potashpur II
Pincode	721440
Area (hectares)	71.95 hectares
Population	245
Male Population	126
Female Population	119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ghora Basan compares

By the 2011 count Ghora Basan is the 127th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents. Its 71.95 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Ghora Basan

Ghora Basan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghora Basan 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Dwarakapur, Erabar, Gabardhanpur and Gangasagar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Ghora Basan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghora Basan village had a population of 245. That makes it the 127th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,219 residents.

Ghora Basan village has 126 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghora Basan has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Ghora Basan is 721440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghora Basan covers 71.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghora Basan falls under Potashpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Ghora Basan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Ghora Basan.

Ghora Basan is in Potashpur II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.