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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RANI MALTO
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- LGD code
- 358985
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population
- 102
- Households
- 24
- Literacy rate
- 7.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1125 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 43
- Distance to district centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 308 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 284 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kalian Chak · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Taljhari · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basko compares
By population, Basko ranks #132 of 273 villages in Taljhari mandal.
Literacy rate
%
7.8%
−30.9% vs mandal average
- Basko
- 7.8%
- Taljhari mandal
- 38.7%
- Sahebganj district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,125
+151 vs mandal average
- Basko
- 1,125
- Taljhari mandal
- 974
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Basko
- 4.3
- Taljhari mandal
- 4.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basko at a glance
Basko is a village of 102 people in 24 households (Census 2011) in Taljhari block, Sahebganj district, Jharkhand, the 132nd-largest of 273 villages in Taljhari block. Literacy is 8%, 31 points below the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,125 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Sahebganj district centre, 9 km from Saidpur, the nearest town, 4 km from Kalian Chak railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 816129, served by Taljhari post office; the LGD village code is 358985. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Taljhari, 5 km away. The sarpanch is RANI MALTO. The population is estimated at 120 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basko
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAJMAHAL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 45
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARA DURGAPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 13.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basko
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basko
- LGD code
- 358985
- Pincode
- 816129
- Post office
- Taljhari
- Population (Census 2011)
- 102
- Population (projected 2026)
- 120
- Households
- 24
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1125
- Literacy rate
- 7.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.05049°N, 87.69796°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajmahal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Boiro
- Member of Parliament
- Vijay Hansda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RANI MALTO
- Block / Mandal
- Taljhari
Getting there
How to reach Basko
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi308 kmcapital
- Kolkata284 km
- Delhi1113 km
- Hyderabad1279 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKalian Chak4 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Taljhari5 km
- CollegeD S College55 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station38 km
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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)