About Bashat Village

Bashat is a mid sized village in Chenani tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,354, made up of 688 males and 666 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bashat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bashat village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Chenani
Pincode	182141
Area (hectares)	248.5 hectares
Population	1,354
Male Population	688
Female Population	666
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bashat compares

By the 2011 count Bashat is the 22nd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 248.5 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Bashat

Bashat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bashat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bashat from other places

Bashat lies about 3.4 km from Chenani, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 21 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 Bashat
Tehsil headquarters	Chenani	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	21 km

Villages closest to Bashat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chenani 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 Bashat

As per the Census of India 2011, Bashat village had a population of 1,354. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Bashat village has 688 males and 666 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bashat has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Bashat is 182141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bashat covers 248.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bashat falls under Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bashat is Udhampur, about 21 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 village for Bashat.

Bashat is about 3.4 km from Chenani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bashat is in Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district. Chenani is about 3.4 km away. Udhampur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.