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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAMCHAND THAKUR
Contact: 92****9201
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- LGD code
- 20101
- Pincode
- 173221
- Post office
- Domehar
- Population
- 155
- Households
- 37
- Literacy rate
- 72.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1095 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 14
Census 2011 · in context
How Basantpur (360) compares
By population, Basantpur (360) ranks #70 of 202 villages in Arki mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.3%
−3.9% vs mandal average
Basantpur (360)72.3%
Arki mandal76.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,095
+68 vs mandal average
Basantpur (360)1,095
Arki mandal1,027
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.8 vs mandal average
Basantpur (360)4.2
Arki mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basantpur (360) at a glance
Basantpur (360) is a village of 155 people in 37 households (Census 2011) in Arki tehsil, Solan district, Himachal Pradesh, the 70th-largest of 202 villages in Arki tehsil. Literacy is 72%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 76% and the sex ratio is 1,095 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 173221, served by Domehar post office; the LGD village code is 20101. The sarpanch is RAMCHAND THAKUR, and the village votes in Arki assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay. The population is estimated at 183 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basantpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basantpur (360) · this village | 155 | 72% | — |
| Bhel (355) · Arki | 313 | 81% | — |
| Kehdog (363) · Arki | 182 | 74% | — |
| Sahlana (364) · Arki | 144 | 69% | — |
| Harthu (361) · Arki | 140 | 71% | — |
| Purayana (362) · Arki | 111 | 72% | — |
| Up Mohal Madham · Arki | — | — | — |
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Key facts — Basantpur (360)
- LGD code
- 20101
- Pincode
- 173221
- Post office
- Domehar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 155
- Population (projected 2026)
- 183
- Households
- 37
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1095
- Literacy rate
- 72.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shimla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Arki
- Member of Parliament
- Suresh Kumar Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAMCHAND THAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Arki
- Nearest police station
- Police Station Nalagarh (30.4 km)
- Nearest PHC
- Dispensary, Baruna (30.0 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Bharatgarh (35.8 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 173221
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)