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About Basowal Agri Village

Basowal Agri is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 62 males and 54 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basowal Agri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basowal Agri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Nalagarh
Pincode 174101
Area (hectares) 27.02 hectares
Population 116
Male Population 62
Female Population 54
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basowal Agri compares

By the 2011 count Basowal Agri is the 195th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 27.02 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Basowal Agri

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

Basowal Agri lies about 51 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 8.0 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 Basowal Agri
Nearest railway station Bharatgarh 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Nalagarh 14 km
Nearest town Ropar 24 km
District headquarters Solan 51 km

Villages closest to Basowal Agri

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 Basowal Agri

As per the Census of India 2011, Basowal Agri village had a population of 116. That makes it the 195th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Basowal Agri village has 62 males and 54 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basowal Agri has about 871 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 Basowal Agri is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basowal Agri covers 27.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basowal Agri falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basowal Agri is Bharatgarh, about 8.0 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 Basowal Agri.

Basowal Agri is about 51 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basowal Agri is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Bharatgarh is about 8.0 km away. Nalagarh is about 14 km away. Ropar 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 Raiya (under 2 km), Riya (under 2 km) and Kanwan Wali (under 2 km).

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

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