About Basra Village

Basra is a mid sized village in Ramsar tehsil, in the district of Barmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,050, made up of 562 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1445 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 344001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basra village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Barmer
Tehsil	Ramsar
Pincode	344001
Area (hectares)	1445 hectares
Population	1,050
Male Population	562
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basra compares

By the 2011 count Basra is the 27th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 653 residents. Its 1445 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Basra

Basra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basra 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 Basra from other places

Basra lies about 33 km from Barmer, and the nearest railway station is Khadeen, about 15 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 Basra
Nearest railway station	Khadeen	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramsar	25 km
District headquarters	Barmer	33 km
Nearest town	Bārmer	33 km

Villages closest to Basra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basra village had a population of 1,050. That makes it the 27th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 653 residents.

Basra village has 562 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basra has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Basra is 344001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basra covers 1445 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basra falls under Ramsar tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basra is Khadeen, about 15 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 Basra.

Basra is about 33 km from Barmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basra is in Ramsar tehsil of Barmer district. Khadeen is about 15 km away. Ramsar is about 25 km away. Barmer is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.