About Basant Garh Village

Basant Garh is a large village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,590, made up of 1,348 males and 1,242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2539.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basant Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant Garh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182128
Area (hectares)	2539.4 hectares
Population	2,590
Male Population	1,348
Female Population	1,242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basant Garh compares

By the 2011 count Basant Garh is the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 2539.4 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Basant Garh

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

Basant Garh lies about 40 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar (J&K), about 37 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 Garh
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	22 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar (J&K)	37 km
Nearest town	Doda	38 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	40 km

Villages closest to Basant Garh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ramnagar 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 Basant Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant Garh village had a population of 2,590. That makes it the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Basant Garh village has 1,348 males and 1,242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant Garh has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Basant Garh is 182128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basant Garh covers 2539.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basant Garh falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Basant Garh is Ramnagar (J&K), about 37 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basant Garh.

Basant Garh is about 40 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant Garh is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 22 km away. Ramnagar (J&K) is about 37 km away. Doda is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.