Basmata observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Basmata ranks #273 of 317 villages in Masalia mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basmata is a village of 103 people in 24 households (Census 2011) in Masalia block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 273rd-largest of 317 villages in Masalia block. Literacy is 54%, 3 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 873 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Dumka district centre, 60 km from Barra, the nearest town, 15 km from Dhanpatdih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814119, served by Kurwa post office; the LGD village code is 371904. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Sarath, 10 km away. The sarpanch is UKIL MURMU, and the village votes in Dumka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Basant Soren. The population is estimated at 121 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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