About Basaur Village

Basaur is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 47 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basaur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	78.28 hectares
Population	92
Male Population	47
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basaur compares

By the 2011 count Basaur is the 238th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 78.28 hectares work out to about 1.2 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Basaur

Basaur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basaur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Basaur from other places

Basaur lies about 30 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 87 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 Basaur
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	11 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	30 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	30 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	87 km

Villages closest to Basaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basaur village had a population of 92. That makes it the 238th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Basaur village has 47 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basaur has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Basaur is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basaur covers 78.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basaur falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basaur is Tanakpur, about 87 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 10+ km distance for Basaur.

Basaur is about 30 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basaur is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 11 km away. Pithoragarh is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.