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About Basnilunkaran Village

Basnilunkaran is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 580 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,114 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basnilunkaran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basnilunkaran village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341513
Area (hectares) 461.02 hectares
Population 1,226
Male Population 580
Female Population 646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,114
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basnilunkaran compares

By the 2011 count Basnilunkaran is the 85th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 461.02 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Basnilunkaran

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

How far is Basnilunkaran from other places

Basnilunkaran lies about 91 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Pushkar, about 26 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 Basnilunkaran
Nearest railway station Pushkar 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 27 km
District headquarters Nagaur 91 km

Villages closest to Basnilunkaran

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 Basnilunkaran

As per the Census of India 2011, Basnilunkaran village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 85th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Basnilunkaran village has 580 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basnilunkaran has about 1114 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Basnilunkaran is 341513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basnilunkaran covers 461.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basnilunkaran falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basnilunkaran is Pushkar, about 26 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 <5 km distance for Basnilunkaran.

Basnilunkaran is about 91 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basnilunkaran is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Pushkar is about 26 km away. Merta is about 27 km away. Nagaur is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jajasani (2.1 km), Jatawas (3.2 km) and Keriya Makra (4.3 km).

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

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