About Basheel Village

Basheel is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 85 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 812 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basheel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basheel village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173222
Area (hectares)	94.72 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	85
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	812
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basheel compares

By the 2011 count Basheel is the 77th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 94.72 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 967.

Getting to Basheel

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

Basheel lies about 16 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about 6.6 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 Basheel
Nearest railway station	Kathleeghat	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	10 km
Nearest town	Shimla	14 km
District headquarters	Solan	16 km

Villages closest to Basheel

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kandaghat 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 Basheel

As per the Census of India 2011, Basheel village had a population of 154. That makes it the 77th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Basheel village has 85 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basheel has about 812 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Basheel is 173222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basheel covers 94.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basheel falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basheel is Kathleeghat, about 6.6 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 Basheel.

Basheel is about 16 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basheel is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kathleeghat is about 6.6 km away. Kandaghat is about 10 km away. Shimla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.