About Basa Village

Basa is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 279 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176206, 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	Shahpur
Pincode	176206
Area (hectares)	313.93 hectares
Population	593
Male Population	279
Female Population	314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
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 36th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 313.93 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1046.

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 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nagrota Suriyan, about 1.6 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	Nagrota Suriyan	1.6 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	18 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	24 km

Villages closest to Basa

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 Basa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa village had a population of 593. That makes it the 36th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 451 residents.

Basa village has 279 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Basa is 176206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa covers 313.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basa falls under Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basa is Nagrota Suriyan, about 1.6 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 16 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 Shahpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nagrota Suriyan is about 1.6 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Shahpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.