About Bodana Village

Bodana is a mid sized village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,363, made up of 756 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 803 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16540 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bodana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bodana village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	342310
Area (hectares)	16540 hectares
Population	1,363
Male Population	756
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	803
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bodana compares

By the 2011 count Bodana is the 58th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 16540 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 880.

Getting to Bodana

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

Bodana lies about 81 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Odhaniya Chacha, about under 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 Bodana
Nearest railway station	Odhaniya Chacha	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	20 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	81 km

Villages closest to Bodana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bodana village had a population of 1,363. That makes it the 58th largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Bodana village has 756 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bodana has about 803 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Bodana is 342310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bodana covers 16540 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bodana falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Bodana is Odhaniya Chacha, about under 2 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 Bodana.

Bodana is about 81 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bodana is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Odhaniya Chacha is about under 2 km away. Pokaran is about 20 km away. Jaisalmer is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.