About Basa Village

Basa 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 124 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176028, 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	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	176028
Area (hectares)	41.63 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	124
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
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 149th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 41.63 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

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 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Lunsu, about under 2 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	Lunsu	under 2 km
District headquarters	Kangra	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	16 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km

Villages closest to Basa

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 Basa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa 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.

Basa village has 124 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Basa is 176028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa covers 41.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Basa is Lunsu, about under 2 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 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Lunsu is about under 2 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.