About Basa Village

Basa is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 51 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,412 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, 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	Dalhousie
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	80.97 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	51
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,412
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 89th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 80.97 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

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 38 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Dalhousie Road, about 11 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	Dalhousie Road	11 km
Nearest town	Mamun	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	38 km

Villages closest to Basa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dalhousie 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 123. That makes it the 89th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Basa village has 51 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 1412 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Basa is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa covers 80.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Basa is Dalhousie Road, about 11 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 38 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 Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie Road is about 11 km away. Mamun is about 14 km away. Dalhousie is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.