About Basan Village

Basan is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 97 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basan village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	98.46 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	97
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
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 91st largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 98.46 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 948.

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 27 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 Basan
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	3.3 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	20 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	27 km

Villages closest to Basan

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 Basan

As per the Census of India 2011, Basan village had a population of 179. That makes it the 91st largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Basan village has 97 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basan has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Basan is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basan covers 98.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basan falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Basan 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 Basan.

Basan is about 27 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basan is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 3.3 km away. Mussoorie is about 20 km away. Dehradun is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.