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About Basni Village

Basni is a mid sized village in Osian tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 409 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basni village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Osian
Pincode 342303
Area (hectares) 547.76 hectares
Population 775
Male Population 409
Female Population 366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Basni compares

By the 2011 count Basni is the 182nd largest of the 249 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,818 residents. Its 547.76 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Basni

The census records public bus service for Basni as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basni from other places

Basni lies about 50 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Osiyan, about 3.4 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 Basni
Tehsil headquarters Osian 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Osiyan 3.4 km
Nearest town Nandri 48 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 50 km

Villages closest to Basni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basni village had a population of 775. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 249 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,818 residents.

Basni village has 409 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basni has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Basni is 342303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basni covers 547.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basni falls under Osian tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basni is Osiyan, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basni.

Basni is about 50 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basni is in Osian tehsil of Jodhpur district. Osian is about 2.3 km away. Osiyan is about 3.4 km away. Nandri is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basni Bhatiyan (under 2 km), Basnitarda (under 2 km) and Bhala Basni (under 2 km).

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

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