About Basma Village

Basma is a large village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,699, made up of 1,432 males and 1,267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 714 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basma village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140103
Area (hectares)	714 hectares
Population	2,699
Male Population	1,432
Female Population	1,267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basma compares

By the 2011 count Basma is the 9th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 714 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Basma

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

How far is Basma from other places

Basma lies about 24 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Lalru, about 5.5 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 Basma
Nearest railway station	Lalru	5.5 km
Nearest town	Lālru	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	17 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	24 km

Villages closest to Basma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basma village had a population of 2,699. That makes it the 9th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Basma village has 1,432 males and 1,267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basma has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Basma is 140103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basma covers 714 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basma falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basma is Lalru, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basma.

Basma is about 24 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basma is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Lalru is about 5.5 km away. Lālru is about 6.3 km away. Dera Bassi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.