By population, Basterwa ranks #197 of 347 villages in Ramgarh mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basterwa is a village of 329 people in 71 households (Census 2011) in Ramgarh block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 197th-largest of 347 villages in Ramgarh block. Literacy is 38%, 8 points below the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 994 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 814110, served by Shivpahar post office; the LGD village code is 370301. The sarpanch is ARCHANA DEVI, and the village votes in Sarath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Uday Shankar Singh. The population is estimated at 388 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kowaam →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basterwa · this village | 329 | 38% | — |
| Koam · Ramgarh | 616 | 45% | — |
| Dholpathar · Ramgarh | 551 | 55% | — |
| Babupatojoria · Ramgarh | 479 | 34% | — |
| Belatari · Ramgarh | 462 | 26% | — |
| Sagarbhoga · Ramgarh | 409 | 40% | — |
| Patarpahari · Ramgarh | 409 | 41% | — |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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