About Basha Village

Basha is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 218 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basha village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	257.58 hectares
Population	437
Male Population	218
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basha compares

By the 2011 count Basha is the 13th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 257.58 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Basha

Basha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Basha from other places

Basha lies about 5.2 km from Kandaghat, and the nearest railway station is Solan, about 2.7 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
Nearest railway station	Solan	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	5.2 km

Villages closest to Basha

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 Basha

As per the Census of India 2011, Basha village had a population of 437. That makes it the 13th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Basha village has 218 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basha has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Basha is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basha covers 257.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Basha is Solan, about 2.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basha.

Basha is about 5.2 km from Kandaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basha is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Solan is about 2.7 km away. Kandaghat is about 5.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.