About Basalan Village

Basalan is a small village in Lad Bharol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 138 males and 181 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,312 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Lad Bharol
Pincode	176126
Area (hectares)	79.83 hectares
Population	319
Male Population	138
Female Population	181
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,312
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basalan compares

By the 2011 count Basalan is the 20th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 79.83 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

Getting to Basalan

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

Basalan lies about 20 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Basalan
Tehsil headquarters	Lad Bharol	13 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
District headquarters	Mandi	20 km

Villages closest to Basalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lad Bharol 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 Basalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basalan village had a population of 319. That makes it the 20th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Basalan village has 138 males and 181 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basalan has about 1312 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

The pincode recorded for Basalan is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basalan covers 79.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basalan falls under Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basalan is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Basalan.

Basalan is about 20 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basalan is in Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district. Lad Bharol is about 13 km away. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.