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About Basrali Village

Basrali is a small village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 116 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basrali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basrali village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Rajgarhi
Pincode 249141
Area (hectares) 125.79 hectares
Population 244
Male Population 116
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
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 Basrali compares

By the 2011 count Basrali is the 102nd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 125.79 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 983.

Getting to Basrali

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

Basrali lies about 30 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 68 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 Basrali
Tehsil headquarters Rajgarhi 7.8 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 30 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 52 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 68 km

Villages closest to Basrali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basrali village had a population of 244. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Basrali village has 116 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basrali has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Basrali is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basrali covers 125.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basrali falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basrali is Dehradun, about 68 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 Basrali.

Basrali is about 30 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basrali is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 7.8 km away. Uttarkashi is about 30 km away. Mussoorie is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghund (2.9 km), Gaul Banal (3.3 km) and Gaul Thakral (3.3 km).

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

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