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About Basa Uparla Village

Basa Uparla is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 48 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 23.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basa Uparla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa Uparla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176204
Area (hectares) 23.41 hectares
Population 93
Male Population 48
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa Uparla compares

By the 2011 count Basa Uparla is the 312th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 23.41 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Basa Uparla

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

Basa Uparla 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 Uparla
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 Uparla

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 Uparla

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa Uparla village had a population of 93. That makes it the 312th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Basa Uparla village has 48 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa Uparla has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Basa Uparla is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa Uparla covers 23.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Basa Uparla 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basa Uparla.

Basa Uparla 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 Uparla 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 Balhu (under 2 km) and Basa Gudiyalan (under 2 km).

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

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