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About Basna Village

Basna is a large village in Sojat tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,115, made up of 1,032 males and 1,083 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1688.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basna village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Pali
Tehsil Sojat
Pincode 306306
Area (hectares) 1688.44 hectares
Population 2,115
Male Population 1,032
Female Population 1,083
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basna compares

By the 2011 count Basna is the 18th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,344 residents. Its 1688.44 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Basna

Basna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basna 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 Basna from other places

Basna lies about 48 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Bagri Nagar, about 9.6 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 Basna
Nearest railway station Bagri Nagar 9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sojat 10 km
District headquarters Pali 48 km

Villages closest to Basna

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 Basna

As per the Census of India 2011, Basna village had a population of 2,115. That makes it the 18th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,344 residents.

Basna village has 1,032 males and 1,083 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basna has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Basna is 306306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basna covers 1688.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basna falls under Sojat tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basna is Bagri Nagar, about 9.6 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 Basna.

Basna is about 48 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basna is in Sojat tehsil of Pali district. Bagri Nagar is about 9.6 km away. Sojat is about 10 km away. Pali is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khokhara (2.4 km), Khakhra (2.5 km) and Mandla (3.3 km).

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

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