About Basdi Village

Basdi is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 119 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basdi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basdi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176093
Area (hectares)	34.42 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	119
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basdi compares

By the 2011 count Basdi is the 35th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 34.42 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Basdi

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

Basdi lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Basdi
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	12 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Basdi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basdi village had a population of 244. That makes it the 35th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Basdi village has 119 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basdi has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Basdi is 176093. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basdi covers 34.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basdi falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basdi is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Basdi.

Basdi is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basdi is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 5.0 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.