About Basin Village

Basin is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 96 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basin village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	92.82 hectares
Population	203
Male Population	96
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basin compares

By the 2011 count Basin is the 68th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 92.82 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Basin

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

Basin lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 Basin
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km

Villages closest to Basin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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 Basin

As per the Census of India 2011, Basin village had a population of 203. That makes it the 68th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Basin village has 96 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basin has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Basin is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basin covers 92.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basin falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basin is Jawalamukhi Road, about 13 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 Basin.

Basin is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basin is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.8 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.