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September 2026
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Uttarakhand, where Ganga and Yamuna originate, runs short of river water; state power grid announces power
Reported by The Economic Times.
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- LGD code
- 56112
- Pincode
- 263151
- Post office
- Shaktifarm
- Population
- 1,566
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Sex ratio
- 972 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 566
Census 2011 · in context
How Basgar compares
By population, Basgar ranks #25 of 72 villages in Sitarganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.8%
−1.1% vs mandal average
- Basgar
- 59.8%
- Sitarganj mandal
- 60.9%
- Udam Singh Nagar district
- 62.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
972
+47 vs mandal average
- Basgar
- 972
- Sitarganj mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Basgar
- 5.7
- Sitarganj mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basgar at a glance
Basgar is a village of 1,566 people in 273 households (Census 2011) in Sitarganj tehsil, Udam Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, the 25th-largest of 72 villages in Sitarganj tehsil. Literacy is 60%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 972 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 263151, served by Shaktifarm post office; the LGD village code is 56112. The population is estimated at 1,846 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Basgar
- LGD code
- 56112
- Pincode
- 263151
- Post office
- Shaktifarm
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,566
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,846
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 972
- Literacy rate
- 59.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lalkuwa
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Bhatt
- Block / Mandal
- Sitarganj
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 263151
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Basgar
Other villages in Sitarganj mandal
View all 60+ →- Baikunthpur
- Pandari
- Gurugram
- Govind Nagar
- Nirmal Nagar
- Arvind Nagar
- Rudpur
- Sisona
- Gautha
- Nakulia
- Tiliyapur
- Dev Nagar
- Sarkara
- Tegor Nagar
- Baghori
- Raj Nagar
- Nakaha
- Gorikhera
- Kunwarpur
- Kalyanpur
- Surendra Nagar
- Siseya
- Tharu Tisor
- Govindpur
- Matiha
- Bhitaura
- Loka
- Baruwa Bagh
- Turka Tisor
- Bawanpuri
- Nakatpura
- Ukrauli
- Bitha Akbar
- Halduwa
- Kanthgri
- Maina Jhundi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)