About Basan Village

Basan is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 75 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262524, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262524
Area (hectares)	151.92 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	75
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,160
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basan compares

By the 2011 count Basan is the 145th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 151.92 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Basan

Basan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basan as Available within 5 - 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 Basan from other places

Basan lies about 9.3 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 32 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 Basan
District headquarters	Champawat	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	13 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	32 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	36 km

Villages closest to Basan

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 Basan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basan village had a population of 162. That makes it the 145th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Basan village has 75 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basan has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

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

Basan covers 151.92 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.

Basan falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basan is Tanakpur, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basan.

Basan is about 9.3 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basan is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 9.3 km away. Lohaghat is about 13 km away. Tanakpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.