About Miani Basti Village

Miani Basti is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 883 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Miani Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Miani Basti village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Fazilka
Pincode	152024
Area (hectares)	330 hectares
Population	1,709
Male Population	883
Female Population	826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Miani Basti compares

By the 2011 count Miani Basti is the 84th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 330 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Miani Basti

Miani Basti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Miani Basti as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Miani Basti from other places

Miani Basti lies about 77 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Fazilka Junction, about 3.2 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 Miani Basti
Nearest railway station	Fazilka Junction	3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fazilka	3.9 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	77 km

Villages closest to Miani Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fazilka 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 Miani Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Miani Basti village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 84th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Miani Basti village has 883 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Miani Basti has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Miani Basti is 152024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Miani Basti covers 330 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Miani Basti falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Miani Basti is Fazilka Junction, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Miani Basti.

Miani Basti is about 77 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Miani Basti is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Fazilka Junction is about 3.2 km away. Fazilka is about 3.9 km away. Firozpur is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.