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About Basuli Village

Basuli is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 2 males and 6 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 3,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 241119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basuli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 241119
Area (hectares) 50.69 hectares
Population 8
Male Population 2
Female Population 6
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 3,000
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 Basuli compares

By the 2011 count Basuli is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 50.69 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1228.

Getting to Basuli

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

Basuli lies about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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 Basuli
Nearest town Rishīkesh 18 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 19 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 19 km

Villages closest to Basuli

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

Common questions about Basuli

As per the Census of India 2011, Basuli village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Basuli village has 2 males and 6 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basuli has about 3000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Basuli is 241119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basuli covers 50.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basuli falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basuli is Rishikesh, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basuli.

Basuli is about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basuli is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Rishīkesh is about 18 km away. Rishikesh is about 18 km away. Devprayag is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naur (under 2 km), Khadoli Malli (3.4 km) and Daduwa (3.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basuli today is likely to be higher.

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