About Basiala Village

Basiala is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,369, made up of 669 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basiala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basiala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144527
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	1,369
Male Population	669
Female Population	700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basiala compares

By the 2011 count Basiala is the 62nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Basiala

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

Basiala lies about 45 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about under 2 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 Basiala
Nearest railway station	Alachor	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	4.9 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	5.7 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	45 km

Villages closest to Basiala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basiala village had a population of 1,369. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Basiala village has 669 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basiala has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Basiala is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basiala covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basiala falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basiala is Alachor, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basiala.

Basiala is about 45 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basiala is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about under 2 km away. Garhshankar is about 4.9 km away. Nawanshahr is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.