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About Basholu Kalan Village

Basholu Kalan is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 67, made up of 36 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basholu Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basholu Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173209
Area (hectares) 9.8 hectares
Population 67
Male Population 36
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basholu Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Basholu Kalan is the 167th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 9.8 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Basholu Kalan

The census records public bus service for Basholu Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basholu Kalan from other places

Basholu Kalan lies about 16 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Taksal, about 4.3 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 Basholu Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Taksal 4.3 km
Nearest town Kālka 4.7 km
District headquarters Solan 16 km

Villages closest to Basholu Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kasauli 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 Basholu Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basholu Kalan village had a population of 67. That makes it the 167th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Basholu Kalan village has 36 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basholu Kalan has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Basholu Kalan is 173209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basholu Kalan covers 9.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basholu Kalan falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basholu Kalan is Taksal, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basholu Kalan.

Basholu Kalan 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.

Basholu Kalan is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Kasauli is about 3.0 km away. Taksal is about 4.3 km away. Kālka is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shalaura Kalan (under 2 km), Shalu Kalan (under 2 km) and Shangli Kalan (under 2 km).

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

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