About Bassa Village

Bassa is a small village in Chachyot tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 121 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bassa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bassa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Chachyot
Pincode	175029
Area (hectares)	63.07 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	121
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bassa compares

By the 2011 count Bassa is the 95th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 63.07 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Bassa

Bassa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bassa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bassa from other places

Bassa lies about 26 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 44 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 Bassa
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chachyot	8.8 km
District headquarters	Mandi	26 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	44 km

Villages closest to Bassa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bassa village had a population of 222. That makes it the 95th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Bassa village has 121 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bassa has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Bassa is 175029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bassa covers 63.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bassa falls under Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bassa is Summer Hill, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bassa.

Bassa is about 26 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bassa is in Chachyot tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 8.7 km away. Chachyot is about 8.8 km away. Mandi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.