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About Basahat Palana Village

Basahat Palana is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 26 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basahat Palana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basahat Palana village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 67.15 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 26
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basahat Palana compares

By the 2011 count Basahat Palana is the 345th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 67.15 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 990.

Getting to Basahat Palana

Basahat Palana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basahat Palana as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Basahat Palana from other places

Basahat Palana lies about 19 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 Basahat Palana
Tehsil headquarters Theog 9.8 km
District headquarters Shimla 19 km

Villages closest to Basahat Palana

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.

Common questions about Basahat Palana

As per the Census of India 2011, Basahat Palana village had a population of 49. That makes it the 345th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Basahat Palana village has 26 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basahat Palana has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Basahat Palana is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basahat Palana covers 67.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basahat Palana falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Basahat Palana 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 km distance for Basahat Palana.

Basahat Palana is about 19 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basahat Palana is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 9.8 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.

The closest recorded villages are Palana (under 2 km), Palvi (under 2 km) and Up Muhal Paloie (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basahat Palana today is likely to be higher.

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