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About Basa Balhu Village

Basa Balhu is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 48, made up of 27 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basa Balhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa Balhu village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176200
Area (hectares) 31.12 hectares
Population 48
Male Population 27
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa Balhu compares

By the 2011 count Basa Balhu is the 351st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 31.12 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Basa Balhu

Basa Balhu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basa Balhu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Balhu from other places

Basa Balhu lies about 55 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Dalhousie Road, about 8.9 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 Balhu
Nearest railway station Dalhousie Road 8.9 km
Nearest town Mamun 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 55 km

Villages closest to Basa Balhu

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

Common questions about Basa Balhu

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa Balhu village had a population of 48. That makes it the 351st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Basa Balhu village has 27 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa Balhu has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Basa Balhu is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa Balhu covers 31.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basa Balhu falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basa Balhu is Dalhousie Road, about 8.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basa Balhu.

Basa Balhu is about 55 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa Balhu is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Dalhousie Road is about 8.9 km away. Mamun is about 12 km away. Nurpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basa (under 2 km), Basa Gudiyalan (under 2 km) and Basa Jhikla (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basa Balhu today is likely to be higher.

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