About Basa Village

Basa is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 262, made up of 134 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basa village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144207
Area (hectares)	172 hectares
Population	262
Male Population	134
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basa compares

By the 2011 count Basa is the 298th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Basa

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

How far is Basa from other places

Basa lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 13 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 Basa
Nearest town	Talwāra	13 km
Nearest railway station	Unchi Bassi	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	13 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	39 km

Villages closest to Basa

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.

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Common questions about Basa

As per the Census of India 2011, Basa village had a population of 262. That makes it the 298th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Basa village has 134 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basa has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Basa is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basa covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basa falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basa is Unchi Bassi, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basa.

Basa is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basa is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 13 km away. Unchi Bassi is about 13 km away. Dasua is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.