About Basaila Village

Basaila is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 101, made up of 51 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basaila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaila village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177034
Area (hectares)	45.26 hectares
Population	101
Male Population	51
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basaila compares

By the 2011 count Basaila is the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 45.26 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Basaila

Basaila is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basaila as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basaila from other places

Basaila lies about 12 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Lunsu, about under 2 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 Basaila
Nearest railway station	Lunsu	under 2 km
District headquarters	Kangra	12 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	27 km

Villages closest to Basaila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaila village had a population of 101. That makes it the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Basaila village has 51 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaila has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Basaila is 177034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basaila covers 45.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basaila falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basaila is Lunsu, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basaila.

Basaila is about 12 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaila is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Lunsu is about under 2 km away. Kangra is about 12 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.