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About Basoya Village

Basoya is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 234 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basoya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basoya village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 140 hectares
Population 468
Male Population 234
Female Population 234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basoya compares

By the 2011 count Basoya is the 228th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Basoya

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

Basoya lies about 38 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 5.1 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 Basoya
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 5.1 km
Nearest town Urmar 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 9.2 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 38 km

Villages closest to Basoya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basoya village had a population of 468. That makes it the 228th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Basoya village has 234 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basoya has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Basoya is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basoya covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basoya falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basoya is Khuda Kurala, about 5.1 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basoya.

Basoya is about 38 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basoya is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 5.1 km away. Urmar is about 8.5 km away. Dasua is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alampur (under 2 km), Lalewal (under 2 km) and Sadullapur (under 2 km).

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

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