About Basroop Village

Basroop is a mid sized village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,634, made up of 893 males and 741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basroop Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basroop village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Pathankot
Pincode	145025
Area (hectares)	205 hectares
Population	1,634
Male Population	893
Female Population	741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basroop compares

By the 2011 count Basroop is the 54th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Basroop

Basroop is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basroop as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basroop from other places

Basroop lies about 33 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Sujanpur, about 6.5 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 Basroop
Nearest town	Sujānpur	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sujanpur	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathankot	11 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	33 km

Villages closest to Basroop

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 Basroop

As per the Census of India 2011, Basroop village had a population of 1,634. That makes it the 54th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Basroop village has 893 males and 741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basroop has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Basroop is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basroop covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basroop falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basroop is Sujanpur, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basroop.

Basroop is about 33 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basroop is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Sujānpur is about 6.0 km away. Sujanpur is about 6.5 km away. Pathankot is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.