About Basuni Village

Basuni is a mid sized village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,290, made up of 952 males and 338 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 355 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basuni village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Mendhar
Pincode	185111
Area (hectares)	318 hectares
Population	1,290
Male Population	952
Female Population	338
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	355
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basuni compares

By the 2011 count Basuni is the 31st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 318 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Basuni

Basuni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basuni as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basuni from other places

Basuni lies about 28 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 74 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Basuni
Tehsil headquarters	Mendhar	9.8 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	21 km
District headquarters	Punch	28 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	74 km

Villages closest to Basuni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mendhar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Basuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Basuni village had a population of 1,290. That makes it the 31st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Basuni village has 952 males and 338 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basuni has about 355 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Basuni is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basuni covers 318 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basuni falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Basuni is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 74 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basuni.

Basuni is about 28 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basuni is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 9.8 km away. Rajaori is about 21 km away. Punch is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.