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About Basairi Village

Basairi is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 42 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basairi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262524
Area (hectares) 69.18 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 42
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basairi compares

By the 2011 count Basairi is the 214th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 69.18 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1057.

Getting to Basairi

Basairi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basairi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Basairi from other places

Basairi lies about 14 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 39 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 Basairi
District headquarters Champawat 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 15 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 34 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 39 km

Villages closest to Basairi

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.

Common questions about Basairi

As per the Census of India 2011, Basairi village had a population of 76. That makes it the 214th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Basairi village has 42 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basairi has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

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

Basairi covers 69.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basairi falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basairi is Tanakpur, about 39 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 km distance for Basairi.

Basairi is about 14 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basairi is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 14 km away. Lohaghat is about 15 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naini Mahar (under 2 km), Kundi Mara (2.3 km) and Gumaud (2.6 km).

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

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