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About Basant Pura Village

Basant Pura is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 34 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basant Pura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant Pura village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Nalagarh
Pincode 174101
Area (hectares) 89.13 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 34
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basant Pura compares

By the 2011 count Basant Pura is the 235th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 89.13 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Basant Pura

Basant Pura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basant Pura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basant Pura from other places

Basant Pura lies about 48 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 12 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 Basant Pura
Nearest railway station Bharatgarh 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalagarh 14 km
Nearest town Baddi 24 km
District headquarters Solan 48 km

Villages closest to Basant Pura

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.

Common questions about Basant Pura

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant Pura village had a population of 64. That makes it the 235th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Basant Pura village has 34 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant Pura has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Basant Pura is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basant Pura covers 89.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basant Pura falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basant Pura is Bharatgarh, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basant Pura.

Basant Pura is about 48 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant Pura is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Bharatgarh is about 12 km away. Nalagarh is about 14 km away. Baddi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajati (under 2 km), Saori (under 2 km) and Malheni (under 2 km).

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

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