About Baswa Village

Baswa is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 75 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,307 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baswa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baswa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	97.18 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	75
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,307
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baswa compares

By the 2011 count Baswa is the 77th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 97.18 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1206.

Getting to Baswa

Baswa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baswa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Baswa from other places

Baswa lies about 7.8 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Baswa
District headquarters	Garhwal	7.8 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	33 km

Villages closest to Baswa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baswa village had a population of 173. That makes it the 77th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Baswa village has 75 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baswa has about 1307 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Baswa is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baswa covers 97.18 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.

Baswa falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baswa is Kotdwara, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Baswa.

Baswa is about 7.8 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baswa is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 7.8 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.