About Basau Barwan Village

Basau Barwan is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 985, made up of 513 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basau Barwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basau Barwan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145027
Area (hectares)	184 hectares
Population	985
Male Population	513
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basau Barwan compares

By the 2011 count Basau Barwan is the 125th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 184 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Basau Barwan

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

Basau Barwan lies about 25 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Parmanand, about 14 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 Basau Barwan
Nearest railway station	Parmanand	14 km
Nearest town	Dīnānagar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	24 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	25 km

Villages closest to Basau Barwan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pathankot 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 Basau Barwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basau Barwan village had a population of 985. That makes it the 125th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Basau Barwan village has 513 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basau Barwan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Basau Barwan is 145027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basau Barwan covers 184 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basau Barwan falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basau Barwan is Parmanand, about 14 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 Basau Barwan.

Basau Barwan is about 25 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basau Barwan is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Parmanand is about 14 km away. Dīnānagar is about 16 km away. Pathankot is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.