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About Basanjoga Village

Basanjoga is a small village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 85 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basanjoga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basanjoga village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Pati
Pincode 262580
Area (hectares) 200.66 hectares
Population 156
Male Population 85
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 835
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basanjoga compares

By the 2011 count Basanjoga is the 89th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 200.66 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Basanjoga

Basanjoga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basanjoga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Basanjoga from other places

Basanjoga lies about 18 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 42 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 Basanjoga
Tehsil headquarters Pati 2.8 km
District headquarters Champawat 18 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 32 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 42 km

Villages closest to Basanjoga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basanjoga village had a population of 156. That makes it the 89th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Basanjoga village has 85 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basanjoga has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Basanjoga is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basanjoga covers 200.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basanjoga falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basanjoga is Kathgodam, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basanjoga.

Basanjoga is about 18 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basanjoga is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Pati is about 2.8 km away. Champawat is about 18 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dungra Kot (under 2 km), Kotna (1.6 km) and Bham Lagga Mulakot (1.7 km).

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

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