About Bastari Village

Bastari is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 312, made up of 149 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bastari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	264.17 hectares
Population	312
Male Population	149
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bastari compares

By the 2011 count Bastari is the 64th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 264.17 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Bastari

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

Bastari lies about 29 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 Bastari
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	14 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	29 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	29 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	87 km

Villages closest to Bastari

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 Bastari

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastari village had a population of 312. That makes it the 64th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Bastari village has 149 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastari has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1103.

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

Bastari covers 264.17 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.

Bastari falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bastari 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bastari.

Bastari is about 29 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastari is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 14 km away. Pithoragarh is about 29 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.