About Busail Village

Busail is a mid sized village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 226 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,212 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Busail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Busail village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	284.24 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	226
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,212
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 Busail compares

By the 2011 count Busail is the 32nd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 284.24 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 1159.

Getting to Busail

Busail is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Busail 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 Busail from other places

Busail lies about 26 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 60 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 Busail
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	7.9 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	26 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	60 km

Villages closest to Busail

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 Busail

As per the Census of India 2011, Busail village had a population of 500. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Busail village has 226 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Busail has about 1212 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Busail is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Busail covers 284.24 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.

Busail falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Busail is Kathgodam, about 60 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 Busail.

Busail is about 26 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Busail is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 7.9 km away. Pithoragarh is about 26 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.