Basantrai is a village in the
Basantrai
Basantrai (also spelled Basant Rai, Bashant Rai) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district, Jharkhand state, India.
History
Basantrai was created a new block in 2009.
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CD block in the Godda subdivision of the
Godda district
Godda district (Hindi: गोड्डा जिला, Santali: ᱜᱚᱰᱰᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ) is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India It lies in the northeastern part of the state. The geographical area that n ...
in the
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...
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Geography
Location
Basantrai is located at .
Basantrai has an area of .
Overview
The map shows a hilly area with the
Rajmahal hills
The Rajmahal Hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand, India. They were located on the northern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the Sauria Paharia people whilst its valleys are ...
running from the bank of the
Ganges
The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...
in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where
Farakka Barrage
Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj. Farakka Barrage Township is located in Farakka (community develop ...
is, just inside West Bengal.
Rajmahal coalfield
The Rajmahal Coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Rajmahal coalfield is centred around .
Area of Operations
Five relatively small coal basins – Hura, Chuperbhita, Pachwara, Mahuagarhi ...
is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Informatio ...
, Basantrai had a total population of 581, of which 307(53%) were males and 274 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 120. The total number of literate persons in Basantrai was 393 (85.25% of the population over 6 years).
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Civic administration
Police station
Basantrai police station serves the Basantrai CD block.
CD block HQ
Headquarters of Basantrai CD block is at Basantrai village.
Education
M.A. Kalam Azad Degree College, Basantrai, is affiliated with Sido Kanhu Murmu University
Sido Kanhu Murmu University (SKMU), formerly Siddhu Kanhu University, is a public university situated in the Santhal Parganas region of Jharkhand state in eastern India. It has its headquarters at Dumka, the second capital of Jharkhand. The univ ...
. Established in 1985, this college has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII (Intermediate).
References
Villages in Godda district
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