About Basal Village

Basal is a small village in Shahbad tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 125 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 776 females per 1000 males. The village covers 508.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basal village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Baran
Tehsil	Shahbad
Pincode	325217
Area (hectares)	508.02 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	125
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	776
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basal compares

By the 2011 count Basal is the 127th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 508.02 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Basal

Basal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basal as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basal from other places

Basal lies about 85 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Khonker, about 26 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 Basal
Tehsil headquarters	Shahbad	19 km
Nearest railway station	Khonker	26 km
Nearest town	Shivpuri	36 km
District headquarters	Baran	85 km

Villages closest to Basal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basal village had a population of 222. That makes it the 127th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Basal village has 125 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basal has about 776 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Basal is 325217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basal covers 508.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basal falls under Shahbad tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basal is Khonker, about 26 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 10+ km distance for Basal.

Basal is about 85 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basal is in Shahbad tehsil of Baran district. Shahbad is about 19 km away. Khonker is about 26 km away. Shivpuri is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.