About Baskuni Village

Baskuni is a mid sized village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 842, made up of 408 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baskuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baskuni village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	214.36 hectares
Population	842
Male Population	408
Female Population	434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
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 Baskuni compares

By the 2011 count Baskuni is the 17th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 214.36 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Baskuni

Baskuni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baskuni 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 Baskuni from other places

Baskuni lies about 25 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 29 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 Baskuni
District headquarters	Champawat	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	29 km
Nearest town	Almora	30 km

Villages closest to Baskuni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baskuni village had a population of 842. That makes it the 17th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Baskuni village has 408 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baskuni has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Baskuni is 262524. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baskuni covers 214.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baskuni falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baskuni is Kathgodam, about 29 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 Baskuni.

Baskuni is about 25 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baskuni is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 25 km away. Lohaghat is about 27 km away. Kathgodam is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.