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About Basni Kachchhawa Village

Basni Kachchhawa is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 606, made up of 315 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 720.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basni Kachchhawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basni Kachchhawa village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341510
Area (hectares) 720.14 hectares
Population 606
Male Population 315
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 924
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basni Kachchhawa compares

By the 2011 count Basni Kachchhawa is the 132nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 720.14 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Basni Kachchhawa

Basni Kachchhawa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basni Kachchhawa as Available within <5 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 Basni Kachchhawa from other places

Basni Kachchhawa lies about 77 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Merta City, about 15 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 Kachchhawa
Tehsil headquarters Merta 15 km
Nearest railway station Merta City 15 km
District headquarters Nagaur 77 km

Villages closest to Basni Kachchhawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basni Kachchhawa village had a population of 606. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Basni Kachchhawa village has 315 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basni Kachchhawa has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Basni Kachchhawa is 341510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basni Kachchhawa covers 720.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basni Kachchhawa falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basni Kachchhawa is Merta City, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basni Kachchhawa.

Basni Kachchhawa is about 77 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basni Kachchhawa is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Merta is about 15 km away. Merta City is about 15 km away. Nagaur is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bargaon (3.4 km), Khakharki (3.4 km) and Indawar (3.8 km).

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

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