About Basi Village

Basi is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 120 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	102.19 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	120
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basi compares

By the 2011 count Basi is the 149th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 102.19 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Basi

Basi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Basi from other places

Basi lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, 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 Basi
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Tripal	11 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	29 km

Villages closest to Basi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Basi

As per the Census of India 2011, Basi village had a population of 254. That makes it the 149th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Basi village has 120 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basi has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Basi is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basi covers 102.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basi falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basi is Tripal, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basi.

Basi is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basi is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 4.6 km away. Tripal is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.