Basantpur is a village in Poreyahat mandal, Godda district, Jharkhand, with a population of 1,508 across 312 households. The literacy rate is 43.3%.
By population, Basantpur ranks #41 of 211 villages in Poreyahat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basantpur is a village of 1,508 people in 312 households (Census 2011) in Poreyahat block, Godda district, Jharkhand, the 41st-largest of 211 villages in Poreyahat block. Literacy is 43%, 4 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 212 km from the Godda district centre, 23 km from Kalimati, the nearest town, 9 km from Gautamdhara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814153, served by Poraiyahat post office; the LGD village code is 357439. The nearest hospital or health centre is I.T.D.A.Meso Hospital Rinchi,Jonha, 11 km away. The sarpanch is PUNITA DEVI. The population is estimated at 1,778 in 2026, up 18% 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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