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About Basni Mootha Village

Basni Mootha is a small village in Sojat tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 440, made up of 229 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 566 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basni Mootha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basni Mootha village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Sojat
Pincode 306104
Area (hectares) 566 hectares
Population 440
Male Population 229
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basni Mootha compares

By the 2011 count Basni Mootha is the 104th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,344 residents. Its 566 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, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Basni Mootha

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

How far is Basni Mootha from other places

Basni Mootha lies about 65 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Guriya, about 10 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 Mootha
Nearest railway station Guriya 10 km
Nearest town Nīmāj 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sojat 27 km
District headquarters Pali 65 km

Villages closest to Basni Mootha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basni Mootha village had a population of 440. That makes it the 104th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,344 residents.

Basni Mootha village has 229 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basni Mootha has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Basni Mootha is 306104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basni Mootha covers 566 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 Mootha falls under Sojat tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basni Mootha is Guriya, about 10 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basni Mootha.

Basni Mootha is about 65 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basni Mootha is in Sojat tehsil of Pali district. Guriya is about 10 km away. Nīmāj is about 14 km away. Sojat is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basni Tilwadiyan (under 2 km), Dornari (8.7 km) and Karmawas (9.9 km).

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

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