About Bassi Purani Village

Bassi Purani is a mid sized village in Hoshiarpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 507 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bassi Purani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bassi Purani village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Hoshiarpur
Pincode	144210
Area (hectares)	233 hectares
Population	980
Male Population	507
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bassi Purani compares

By the 2011 count Bassi Purani is the 125th largest of the 387 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 233 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Bassi Purani

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

How far is Bassi Purani from other places

Bassi Purani lies about 4.4 km from Hoshiarpur. 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 Bassi Purani
Tehsil headquarters	Hoshiarpur	4.4 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	4.4 km

Villages closest to Bassi Purani

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hoshiarpur 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 Bassi Purani

As per the Census of India 2011, Bassi Purani village had a population of 980. That makes it the 125th largest of the 387 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Bassi Purani village has 507 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bassi Purani has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Bassi Purani is 144210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bassi Purani covers 233 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bassi Purani falls under Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The census record for Bassi Purani notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bassi Purani.

Bassi Purani is about 4.4 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bassi Purani is in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Hoshiarpur is about 4.4 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 4.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.