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About Ratan Ki Basti Village

Ratan Ki Basti is a small village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 178 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1145.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratan Ki Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratan Ki Basti village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaisalmer
Tehsil Pokaran
Pincode 345031
Area (hectares) 1145.71 hectares
Population 322
Male Population 178
Female Population 144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 809
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 Ratan Ki Basti compares

By the 2011 count Ratan Ki Basti is the 242nd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 1145.71 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Ratan Ki Basti

Ratan Ki Basti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratan Ki 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 Ratan Ki Basti from other places

Ratan Ki Basti lies about 92 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ashapura Gomat, about 33 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 Ratan Ki Basti
Tehsil headquarters Pokaran 31 km
Nearest railway station Ashapura Gomat 33 km
District headquarters Jaisalmer 92 km

Villages closest to Ratan Ki Basti

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.

Common questions about Ratan Ki Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratan Ki Basti village had a population of 322. That makes it the 242nd largest of the 291 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Ratan Ki Basti village has 178 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratan Ki Basti has about 809 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 Ratan Ki Basti is 345031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratan Ki Basti covers 1145.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratan Ki Basti falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Ratan Ki Basti is Ashapura Gomat, about 33 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 Ratan Ki Basti.

Ratan Ki Basti is about 92 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratan Ki Basti is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Pokaran is about 31 km away. Ashapura Gomat is about 33 km away. Jaisalmer is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jasanipura (under 2 km), Jaswantpura (under 2 km) and Sardarsingh Ki Dhani (3.6 km).

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

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