About Basnur Khas Village

Basnur Khas is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,057, made up of 523 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basnur Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basnur Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Shahpur
Pincode	176208
Area (hectares)	74.97 hectares
Population	1,057
Male Population	523
Female Population	534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basnur Khas compares

By the 2011 count Basnur Khas is the 10th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 74.97 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Basnur Khas

Basnur Khas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basnur Khas 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 Basnur Khas from other places

Basnur Khas lies about 13 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 14 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 Basnur Khas
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	3.1 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	14 km

Villages closest to Basnur Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahpur 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 Basnur Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Basnur Khas village had a population of 1,057. That makes it the 10th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Basnur Khas village has 523 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basnur Khas has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Basnur Khas is 176208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basnur Khas covers 74.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basnur Khas falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basnur Khas is Kangra Mandir, about 14 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 Basnur Khas.

Basnur Khas is about 13 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basnur Khas is in Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Shahpur is about 3.1 km away. Dharamsala is about 10 km away. Kangra is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.