About Basha Bagain Village

Basha Bagain is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 190 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basha Bagain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basha Bagain village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	51.44 hectares
Population	368
Male Population	190
Female Population	178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basha Bagain compares

By the 2011 count Basha Bagain is the 41st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 51.44 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Basha Bagain

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

Basha Bagain lies about 23 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 9.8 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 Basha Bagain
Nearest railway station	Salogra	9.8 km
Nearest town	Solan	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	28 km

Villages closest to Basha Bagain

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 Basha Bagain

As per the Census of India 2011, Basha Bagain village had a population of 368. That makes it the 41st largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Basha Bagain village has 190 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basha Bagain has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Basha Bagain is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basha Bagain covers 51.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basha Bagain falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basha Bagain is Salogra, about 9.8 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 Basha Bagain.

Basha Bagain 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.

Basha Bagain is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 9.8 km away. Solan is about 11 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.