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About Bastawa Mataji Village

Bastawa Mataji is a mid sized village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,888, made up of 1,011 males and 877 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1815.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bastawa Mataji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastawa Mataji village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jodhpur
Tehsil Shergarh
Pincode 342023
Area (hectares) 1815.32 hectares
Population 1,888
Male Population 1,011
Female Population 877
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bastawa Mataji compares

By the 2011 count Bastawa Mataji is the 45th largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 1815.32 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Bastawa Mataji

Bastawa Mataji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bastawa Mataji 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bastawa Mataji from other places

Bastawa Mataji lies about 51 km from Jodhpur, and the nearest railway station is Tivari, about 32 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 Bastawa Mataji
Nearest railway station Tivari 32 km
Tehsil headquarters Shergarh 33 km
District headquarters Jodhpur 51 km

Villages closest to Bastawa Mataji

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 Bastawa Mataji

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastawa Mataji village had a population of 1,888. That makes it the 45th largest of the 472 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Bastawa Mataji village has 1,011 males and 877 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastawa Mataji has about 867 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 Bastawa Mataji is 342023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bastawa Mataji covers 1815.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bastawa Mataji falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Bastawa Mataji is Tivari, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bastawa Mataji.

Bastawa Mataji is about 51 km from Jodhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastawa Mataji is in Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district. Tivari is about 32 km away. Shergarh is about 33 km away. Jodhpur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bastawa (under 2 km), Gopalsar (2.4 km) and Belwa Ranaji (4.3 km).

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

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