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About Basni Sumer Village

Basni Sumer is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 307 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341510, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basni Sumer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basni Sumer village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341510
Area (hectares) 190 hectares
Population 595
Male Population 307
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basni Sumer compares

By the 2011 count Basni Sumer is the 134th 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 190 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Basni Sumer

Basni Sumer is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basni Sumer as Available within 5 - 10 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basni Sumer from other places

Basni Sumer lies about 66 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Merta City, about 8.4 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 Sumer
Nearest railway station Merta City 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 8.7 km
District headquarters Nagaur 66 km

Villages closest to Basni Sumer

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 Sumer

As per the Census of India 2011, Basni Sumer village had a population of 595. That makes it the 134th 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 Sumer village has 307 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basni Sumer has about 938 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 Sumer is 341510. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basni Sumer covers 190 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Basni Sumer is Merta City, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basni Sumer.

Basni Sumer is about 66 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basni Sumer is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Merta City is about 8.4 km away. Merta is about 8.7 km away. Nagaur is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karakwal (under 2 km), Megadand (2.4 km) and Pharaspura (2.5 km).

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

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