About Basmol Village

Basmol is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 146, made up of 73 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basmol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basmol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	98.2 hectares
Population	146
Male Population	73
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basmol compares

By the 2011 count Basmol is the 210th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 98.2 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Basmol

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

Basmol lies about 32 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 31 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 Basmol
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	20 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	31 km
District headquarters	Shimla	32 km

Villages closest to Basmol

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 Basmol

As per the Census of India 2011, Basmol village had a population of 146. That makes it the 210th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Basmol village has 73 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basmol has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

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

Basmol covers 98.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basmol falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basmol is Salogra, about 31 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basmol.

Basmol is about 32 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basmol is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 20 km away. Salogra is about 31 km away. Shimla is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.