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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Mamta
Contact: 95****2680
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- LGD code
- 48700
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population
- 173
- Households
- 44
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Sex ratio
- 1307 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 120
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 4 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 66 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 200 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kotdwara · 25 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Katghar · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baswa compares
By population, Baswa ranks #67 of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.6%
−4.9% vs mandal average
- Baswa
- 67.6%
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 72.5%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,307
+226 vs mandal average
- Baswa
- 1,307
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 1,081
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Baswa
- 3.9
- Yamkeshwar mandal
- 4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baswa at a glance
Baswa is a village of 173 people in 44 households (Census 2011) in Yamkeshwar tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 67th-largest of 213 villages in Yamkeshwar tehsil. Literacy is 68%, 5 points below the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,307 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 15 km from Harsoli, the nearest town, 25 km from Kotdwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246121, served by Bhrigukhal (A) post office; the LGD village code is 48700. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Katghar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Mamta, and the village votes in Yamkeshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Renu Bisht. The population is estimated at 204 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Baswa
- LGD code
- 48700
- Pincode
- 246121
- Post office
- Bhrigukhal (A)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 173
- Population (projected 2026)
- 204
- Households
- 44
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1307
- Literacy rate
- 67.6%
- Coordinates
- 29.96348°N, 78.57803°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yamkeshwar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Renu Bisht
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Mamta
- Block / Mandal
- Yamkeshwar
Getting there
How to reach Baswa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun66 kmcapital
- Delhi200 km
- Kolkata1275 km
- Mumbai1340 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKotdwara25 km
- Bus stopDevprayag21 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Katghar9 km
- ATM / bankindicash A TATA product30 km
- Petrol pumpIoc18 km
- CollegeHNGU BA GROUND BIRLA CAMPUS35 km
- Police stationPolice station31 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Baswa
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Naagdev garhi TempleTemple2.9 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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