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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHYAM SINGH MUNDA
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- LGD code
- 373771
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population
- 1,011
- Households
- 226
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 598
Census 2011 · in context
How Basahatu compares
By population, Basahatu ranks #21 of 59 villages in Rahe mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.6%
+6.1% vs mandal average
- Basahatu
- 65.6%
- Rahe mandal
- 59.5%
- Ranchi district
- 65.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−39 vs mandal average
- Basahatu
- 933
- Rahe mandal
- 972
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Basahatu
- 4.5
- Rahe mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basahatu at a glance
Basahatu is a village of 1,011 people in 226 households (Census 2011) in Rahe block, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, the 21st-largest of 59 villages in Rahe block. Literacy is 66%, 6 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 834001, served by Church Road post office; the LGD village code is 373771. The sarpanch is SHYAM SINGH MUNDA, and the village votes in Tamar assembly constituency, represented by Vikas Kumar Munda. The population is estimated at 1,192 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Basahatu
- LGD code
- 373771
- Pincode
- 834001
- Post office
- Church Road
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,011
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,192
- Households
- 226
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 65.6%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khunti
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tamar
- Member of Parliament
- Kali Charan Munda
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vikas Kumar Munda
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHYAM SINGH MUNDA
- Block / Mandal
- Rahe
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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