About Basant Village

Basant is a large village in Sumerpur tehsil, in the district of Pali, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,493, made up of 1,188 males and 1,305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1014 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 306708, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Tehsil	Sumerpur
Pincode	306708
Area (hectares)	1014 hectares
Population	2,493
Male Population	1,188
Female Population	1,305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basant compares

By the 2011 count Basant is the 19th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,186 residents. Its 1014 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Basant

Basant is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basant as Available within 10+ 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 Basant from other places

Basant lies about 46 km from Pali, and the nearest railway station is Khimel, about 21 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 Basant
Nearest town	Fālna	21 km
Nearest railway station	Khimel	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sumerpur	28 km
District headquarters	Pali	46 km

Villages closest to Basant

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

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Common questions about Basant

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant village had a population of 2,493. That makes it the 19th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,186 residents.

Basant village has 1,188 males and 1,305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Basant is 306708. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basant covers 1014 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basant falls under Sumerpur tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Basant is Khimel, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basant.

Basant is about 46 km from Pali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant is in Sumerpur tehsil of Pali district. Fālna is about 21 km away. Khimel is about 21 km away. Sumerpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.