About Basa Mahog Village

Basa Mahog is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 83 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basa Mahog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa Mahog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	63.06 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	83
Female Population	79
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa Mahog compares

By the 2011 count Basa Mahog is the 195th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 63.06 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Basa Mahog

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

Basa Mahog lies about 23 km from Shimla. 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 Basa Mahog
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	5.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	23 km

Villages closest to Basa Mahog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Theog 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 Basa Mahog

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa Mahog village had a population of 162. That makes it the 195th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Basa Mahog village has 83 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa Mahog has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Basa Mahog is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa Mahog covers 63.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basa Mahog falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Basa Mahog notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Basa Mahog is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa Mahog is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 5.0 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.