About Bastawa Village

Bastawa is a large village in Shergarh tehsil, in the district of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,257, made up of 1,202 males and 1,055 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 752.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 342023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bastawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastawa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jodhpur
Tehsil	Shergarh
Pincode	342023
Area (hectares)	752.52 hectares
Population	2,257
Male Population	1,202
Female Population	1,055
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bastawa compares

By the 2011 count Bastawa is the 32nd 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 752.52 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Bastawa

Bastawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bastawa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 from other places

Bastawa 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
Nearest railway station	Tivari	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shergarh	33 km
District headquarters	Jodhpur	51 km

Villages closest to Bastawa

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.

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Common questions about Bastawa

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastawa village had a population of 2,257. That makes it the 32nd 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 village has 1,202 males and 1,055 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastawa has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Bastawa is 342023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bastawa covers 752.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bastawa falls under Shergarh tehsil of Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Bastawa 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bastawa.

Bastawa 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 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.