About Basikhet Village

Basikhet is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 428, made up of 181 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,365 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basikhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basikhet village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262532
Area (hectares)	109.01 hectares
Population	428
Male Population	181
Female Population	247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,365
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 Basikhet compares

By the 2011 count Basikhet is the 46th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 109.01 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Basikhet

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

Basikhet lies about 35 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 65 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 Basikhet
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	17 km
Nearest town	Almora	30 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	35 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	65 km

Villages closest to Basikhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basikhet village had a population of 428. That makes it the 46th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Basikhet village has 181 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basikhet has about 1365 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Basikhet is 262532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basikhet covers 109.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basikhet falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basikhet is Kathgodam, about 65 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basikhet.

Basikhet is about 35 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basikhet is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 17 km away. Almora is about 30 km away. Pithoragarh is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.