About Basana Gaon Village

Basana Gaon is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 340, made up of 171 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basana Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basana Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249186
Area (hectares)	110.68 hectares
Population	340
Male Population	171
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basana Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Basana Gaon is the 71st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 110.68 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Basana Gaon

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

Basana Gaon lies about 42 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 35 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 Basana Gaon
Nearest town	Mussoorie	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	35 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	42 km

Villages closest to Basana Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 Basana Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Basana Gaon village had a population of 340. That makes it the 71st largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Basana Gaon village has 171 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basana Gaon has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Basana Gaon is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basana Gaon covers 110.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basana Gaon falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basana Gaon is Dehradun, about 35 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 Basana Gaon.

Basana Gaon is about 42 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basana Gaon is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 19 km away. Dhanaulti is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.