About Baski Village

Baski is a mid sized village in Araku Valley tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,083, made up of 629 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 722 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baski Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baski village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Araku Valley
Pincode	531149
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	1,083
Male Population	629
Female Population	454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	722
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baski compares

By the 2011 count Baski is the 8th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 309 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Baski

Baski is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baski as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baski from other places

Baski lies about 72 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Araku Valley, about 7.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Baski
Nearest railway station	Araku Valley	7.7 km
Nearest town	Chodavaram	46 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	72 km

Villages closest to Baski

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Araku Valley tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Baski

As per the Census of India 2011, Baski village had a population of 1,083. That makes it the 8th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 309 residents.

Baski village has 629 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baski has about 722 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Baski is 531149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baski covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baski falls under Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baski is Araku Valley, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baski.

Baski is about 72 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baski is in Araku Valley tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Araku Valley is about 7.7 km away. Chodavaram is about 46 km away. Visakhapatnam is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.