Basudan (42)

Mehla block · Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 176314 · village code 7801

Population 2011

558

Census of India

Population 2020

678

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+21.5%

120 people · 2.2% a year

Households

145

+38.1% vs 105 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

558

Male / female

283 / 275

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

972

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

56.8%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

117 / 250

Working population

414

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

77.3%

Households

105

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school nearest 1 km away

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Separately located

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

55%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

2 / 2 / 0

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Basodhan panchayat, Mehla zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹4.34 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹9.62 lakh

Received directly

₹5.52 lakh

Spent

₹8.56 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹10.91 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹2.95 lakh · received ₹3.97 lakh · spent ₹3.82 lakh · left ₹6.23 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹1.39 lakh · received ₹5.64 lakh · spent ₹4.74 lakh · left ₹4.68 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

32.5183, 76.1202 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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