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About Basti Village

Basti is a mid sized village in Junnar tehsil, in the district of Pune, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,112, made up of 558 males and 554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.28 hectares hectares.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Pune
Tehsil Junnar
Area (hectares) 490.28 hectares
Population 1,112
Male Population 558
Female Population 554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basti compares

By the 2011 count Basti is the 110th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 490.28 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Basti

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

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 Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti village had a population of 1,112. That makes it the 110th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Basti village has 558 males and 554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Basti covers 490.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basti falls under Junnar tehsil of Pune district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Basti notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Basti is in Junnar tehsil of Pune district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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