Basot observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Uttarakhand.
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By population, Basot ranks #5 of 239 villages in Bhikiasain mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basot is a village of 614 people in 164 households (Census 2011) in Bhikiasain tehsil, Almora district, Uttarakhand, the 5th-largest of 239 villages in Bhikiasain tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 69% and the sex ratio is 1,233 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Almora district centre, 18 km from Basera, the nearest town, 39 km from Ramnagar railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263680, served by Chaunallia post office; the LGD village code is 51706. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Matela Almora, 9 km away. The village votes in Salt assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahesh Jeena. The population is estimated at 724 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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