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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Basbutia is a village in Jama mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand, located at 24.549°N, 86.539°E. The village has a population of 123 across 25 households with a literacy rate of 52%.
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CHAMPAVATI DEVI
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- LGD code
- 371716
- Pincode
- 814110
- Post office
- Shivpahar
- Population
- 123
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 52%
- Sex ratio
- 783 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 56
- Distance to district centre
- 57 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 50 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 183 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 288 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tulsitanr · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- ESI Hospital · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basbutia compares
By population, Basbutia ranks #285 of 320 villages in Jama mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.0%
+0.4% vs mandal average
Basbutia52.0%
Jama mandal51.6%
Dumka district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
783
−199 vs mandal average
Basbutia783
Jama mandal982
Household size
people per home
4.9
Same as the mandal average
Basbutia4.9
Jama mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basbutia at a glance
Basbutia is a village of 123 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Jama block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 285th-largest of 320 villages in Jama block. Literacy is 52%, about the same as the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 783 women per 1,000 men. It lies 57 km from the Dumka district centre, 15 km from Chakai, the nearest town, 8 km from Tulsitanr railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814110, served by Shivpahar post office; the LGD village code is 371716. The nearest hospital or health centre is ESI Hospital, 12 km away. The sarpanch is CHAMPAVATI DEVI, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 145 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basbutia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 2
- Power hours (winter)
- 2
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DUMKA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIMRA
- Total area (ha)
- 43
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Basbutia
- LGD code
- 371716
- Pincode
- 814110
- Post office
- Shivpahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 123
- Population (projected 2026)
- 145
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 783
- Literacy rate
- 52.0%
- Coordinates
- 24.54908°N, 86.53878°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Godda
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Jarmundi
- Member of Parliament
- Nishikant Dubey
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Devendra Kunwar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- CHAMPAVATI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Jama
- Nearest PHC
- Primary Health Centre, Raykanali (48.9 km)
Getting there
How to reach Basbutia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi183 kmcapital
- Kolkata288 km
- Delhi1032 km
- Hyderabad1154 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTulsitanr8 km
- Hospital / PHCESI Hospital12 km
- ATM / bankग्राहक सेवा केंद्र (शर्मा डिजिटल सेंटर) common service centre16 km
- Petrol pumpHP Petrol Pump17 km
- CollegeBajla Mahila College17 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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