About Basaha Village

Basaha is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 86 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248196
Area (hectares)	210.28 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	86
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
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 Basaha compares

By the 2011 count Basaha is the 96th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 210.28 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Basaha

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

Basaha lies about 31 km from Dehradun. 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 Basaha
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	8.3 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	21 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	31 km

Villages closest to Basaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaha village had a population of 170. That makes it the 96th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Basaha village has 86 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaha has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Basaha is 248196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basaha covers 210.28 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.

Basaha falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Basaha notes the nearest railway station 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 Basaha.

Basaha is about 31 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaha is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 8.3 km away. Mussoorie is about 21 km away. Dehradun is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.