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About Basnal Village

Basnal is a small village in Aurad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 236 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585417, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basnal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basnal village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Aurad
Pincode 585417
Area (hectares) 321.83 hectares
Population 476
Male Population 236
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basnal compares

By the 2011 count Basnal is the 132nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents. Its 321.83 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Basnal

Basnal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basnal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Basnal from other places

Basnal lies about 42 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Kalagapura, about 8.3 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 Basnal
Nearest railway station Kalagapura 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Aurad 18 km
Nearest town Bhālki 18 km
District headquarters Bidar 42 km

Villages closest to Basnal

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

Common questions about Basnal

As per the Census of India 2011, Basnal village had a population of 476. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,687 residents.

Basnal village has 236 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basnal has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Basnal is 585417. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basnal covers 321.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basnal falls under Aurad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basnal is Kalagapura, about 8.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basnal.

Basnal is about 42 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basnal is in Aurad tehsil of Bidar district. Kalagapura is about 8.3 km away. Aurad is about 18 km away. Bhālki is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koryal (under 2 km), Ashoknagar (1.7 km) and Tapshal (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basnal today is likely to be higher.

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