Basmata
Masaliya block · Dumka
district, Jharkhand · PIN 814146
· village code 371962
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 155 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 500 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
155
Male / female
82 / 73
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
21
Literacy rate
67.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
0 / 42
Working population
55
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.7%
Households
27
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 1 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
Farming
Farm households
70
Non-farm households
8
Share of households farming, 2020
90%
Net sown area
54 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
54 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gumro panchayat, Masaliya zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹21.19 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.25 lakh
Received directly
₹52,015
Spent
₹10.53 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹21.43 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.97 lakh · received ₹4.10 lakh · spent ₹5.45 lakh · left ₹11.14 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹9.22 lakh · received ₹6.15 lakh · spent ₹5.08 lakh · left ₹10.29 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.1441, 87.0968 —
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Nearby villages
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Dumka district ·
School
staffing across Dumka ·
…and across Jharkhand