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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Basila is a village in Nagri mandal, Ranchi district, Jharkhand. With a population of 2,128 across 377 households, it has a literacy rate of 53.3%. The village is located at coordinates 22.612°N, 86.300°E and falls under postal code 834001.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIJETA KACHHAP
Contact: 62****8965
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- LGD code
- 374108
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 2,128
- Households
- 377
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Sex ratio
- 996 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 639
- Distance to district centre
- 102 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 107 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 130 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 212 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rakha Mines · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Jadugoda Hospital · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basila compares
By population, Basila ranks #11 of 45 villages in Nagri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.3%
−7.0% vs mandal average
- Basila
- 53.3%
- Nagri mandal
- 60.3%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
996
+13 vs mandal average
- Basila
- 996
- Nagri mandal
- 983
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Basila
- 5.6
- Nagri mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basila at a glance
Basila is a village of 2,128 people in 377 households (Census 2011) in Nagri block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 11th-largest of 45 villages in Nagri block. Literacy is 53%, 7 points below the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 996 women per 1,000 men. It lies 102 km from the Ranchi district centre, 9 km from Rakha Mines railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 374108. The nearest hospital or health centre is Jadugoda Hospital, 7 km away. The sarpanch is VIJETA KACHHAP, and the village votes in Gomia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Yogendra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,238 in 2026, down 42% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basila
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RANCHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- KATARPA
- Total area (ha)
- 259
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.25
- Forest area (ha)
- 21.5
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basila
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basila
- LGD code
- 374108
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,128
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,238
- Households
- 377
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 996
- Literacy rate
- 53.3%
- Coordinates
- 22.61242°N, 86.30017°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Giridih
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gomia
- Member of Parliament
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Yogendra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIJETA KACHHAP
- Block / Mandal
- Nagri
Getting there
How to reach Basila
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi130 kmcapital
- Kolkata212 km
- Hyderabad1002 km
- Delhi1129 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRakha Mines9 km
- Bus stopLoco Colony20 km
- Hospital / PHCJadugoda Hospital7 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank19 km
- Petrol pumpkarandih petrol pump18 km
- CollegeTraining College Ground-219 km
- Police stationPolice Station20 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Basila
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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Villages near Basila
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View all 45+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)