About Besta Village

Besta is a small village in Karsog tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 67 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 716 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Besta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Karsog
Pincode	171302
Area (hectares)	359.88 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	67
Female Population	48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	716
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Besta compares

By the 2011 count Besta is the 231st largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 199 residents. Its 359.88 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Besta

Besta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Besta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Besta from other places

Besta lies about 54 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 19 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 Besta
Tehsil headquarters	Karsog	12 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	19 km
Nearest town	Shimla	19 km
District headquarters	Mandi	54 km

Villages closest to Besta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Besta village had a population of 115. That makes it the 231st largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 199 residents.

Besta village has 67 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besta has about 716 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Besta is 171302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Besta covers 359.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Besta falls under Karsog tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Besta is Summer Hill, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Besta.

Besta is about 54 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besta is in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district. Karsog is about 12 km away. Summer Hill is about 19 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.