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About Basa Totarwan Village

Basa Totarwan is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 43 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,209 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basa Totarwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa Totarwan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176200
Area (hectares) 36.29 hectares
Population 95
Male Population 43
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,209
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa Totarwan compares

By the 2011 count Basa Totarwan is the 311th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 36.29 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Basa Totarwan

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

Basa Totarwan lies about 34 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 6.3 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 Totarwan
Nearest railway station Balle Da Pir Larth 6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 9.0 km
Nearest town Mamun 26 km
District headquarters Kangra 34 km

Villages closest to Basa Totarwan

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 Totarwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa Totarwan village had a population of 95. That makes it the 311th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Basa Totarwan village has 43 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa Totarwan has about 1209 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

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

Basa Totarwan covers 36.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Basa Totarwan is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 6.3 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 Totarwan.

Basa Totarwan is about 34 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa Totarwan is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 6.3 km away. Nurpur is about 9.0 km away. Mamun is about 26 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 Harar (under 2 km), Khalun (1.7 km) and Basa Kardbalan (1.9 km).

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

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