About Basa Village

Basa is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 102 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176308
Area (hectares)	49 hectares
Population	188
Male Population	102
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa compares

By the 2011 count Basa is the 58th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1020.

Getting to Basa

Basa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Basa from other places

Basa lies about 23 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 18 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 Basa
Nearest railway station	Talara	18 km
District headquarters	Chamba	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	30 km

Villages closest to Basa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhalai 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 Basa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa village had a population of 188. That makes it the 58th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Basa village has 102 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Basa is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basa falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basa is Talara, about 18 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 village for Basa.

Basa is about 23 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Talara is about 18 km away. Chamba is about 23 km away. Bhalai is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.