About Bara Basot Village

Bara Basot is a mid sized village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 359 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Basot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Basot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	437.01 hectares
Population	668
Male Population	359
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bara Basot compares

By the 2011 count Bara Basot is the 42nd largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 437.01 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 918.

Getting to Bara Basot

Bara Basot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara Basot 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bara Basot from other places

Bara Basot lies about 49 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 5.0 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 Bara Basot
Nearest railway station	Ghanauli	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	9.1 km
Nearest town	Ropar	14 km
District headquarters	Solan	49 km

Villages closest to Bara Basot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nalagarh 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 Bara Basot

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Basot village had a population of 668. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Bara Basot village has 359 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Basot has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Bara Basot is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Basot covers 437.01 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.

Bara Basot falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bara Basot is Ghanauli, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bara Basot.

Bara Basot is about 49 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Basot is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Ghanauli is about 5.0 km away. Nalagarh is about 9.1 km away. Ropar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.