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About Banon Ka Bas Village

Banon Ka Bas is a mid sized village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 300 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banon Ka Bas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banon Ka Bas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Shergarh
Pincode 342309
Area (hectares) 440.3 hectares
Population 552
Male Population 300
Female Population 252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 840
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banon Ka Bas compares

By the 2011 count Banon Ka Bas is the 263rd largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 440.3 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 907.

Getting to Banon Ka Bas

Banon Ka Bas is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banon Ka Bas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banon Ka Bas from other places

Banon Ka Bas lies about 66 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Tilwara, about 57 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 Banon Ka Bas
Tehsil headquarters Shergarh 5.8 km
Nearest railway station Tilwara 57 km
Nearest town Balotra 58 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 66 km

Villages closest to Banon Ka Bas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shergarh 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 Banon Ka Bas

As per the Census of India 2011, Banon Ka Bas village had a population of 552. That makes it the 263rd largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Banon Ka Bas village has 300 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banon Ka Bas has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Banon Ka Bas is 342309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banon Ka Bas covers 440.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banon Ka Bas falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Banon Ka Bas is Tilwara, about 57 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banon Ka Bas.

Banon Ka Bas is about 66 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banon Ka Bas is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Shergarh is about 5.8 km away. Tilwara is about 57 km away. Balotra is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Berdo Ka Bas (under 2 km), Jhubar Ka Ray (under 2 km) and Jatawas (3.6 km).

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

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