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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gagan Thakur
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- LGD code
- 15570
- Pincode
- 175038
- Post office
- Nihri
- Population
- 117
- Households
- 20
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1017 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 76
Census 2011 · in context
How Basahu (229) compares
By population, Basahu (229) ranks #51 of 63 villages in Dehar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
−3.3% vs mandal average
- Basahu (229)
- 65.8%
- Dehar mandal
- 69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,017
+73 vs mandal average
- Basahu (229)
- 1,017
- Dehar mandal
- 944
Household size
people per home
5.9
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Basahu (229)
- 5.9
- Dehar mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basahu (229) at a glance
Basahu (229) is a village of 117 people in 20 households (Census 2011) in Dehar tehsil, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, the 51st-largest of 63 villages in Dehar tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 175038, served by Nihri post office; the LGD village code is 15570. The sarpanch is Gagan Thakur. The population is estimated at 138 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Jaral →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basahu (229) · this village | 117 | 66% | — |
| Jaral (232) · Dehar | 622 | 61% | — |
| Dharli (230) · Dehar | 158 | 56% | — |
| Dpf Bandlidhar (235) · Dehar | 157 | 53% | — |
| D.P.F.Barpat (233) · Dehar | 54 | 59% | — |
| D.P.F.Gaiharu (231) · Dehar | 33 | 42% | — |
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Notice board · Basahu (229)
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Key facts — Basahu (229)
- LGD code
- 15570
- Pincode
- 175038
- Post office
- Nihri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 117
- Population (projected 2026)
- 138
- Households
- 20
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1017
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gagan Thakur
- Block / Mandal
- Dehar
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 175038
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- D.P.F. Dhawal (236)
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- Bobar (96)
- Dehvi (84)
- Jyor (66)
- Sohar (68)
- Chanol (56)
- Sadwahan (77)
- Salwana (65)
- Kangoo (82)
- Khurahal (79)
- Jamla (71)
- Kandar (80)
- Bhantrehar (74)
- Behna (57)
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- Gamohu (86)
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- Jandron (48)
- Manjkhetar (54)
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- Khanokhar (61)
- Ghanghanu (51)
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- Tihri (63)
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)