About Basantipur Village

Basantipur is a small village in Mayabunder tehsil, in the district of North and Middle Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 219 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.29 hectares hectares.

Basantipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantipur village
Description	Value
State	Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District	North and Middle Andaman
Tehsil	Mayabunder
Area (hectares)	186.29 hectares
Population	413
Male Population	219
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Basantipur compares

By the 2011 count Basantipur is the 23rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 186.29 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Basantipur

Basantipur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basantipur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Asha Nagar, Aves Island, Bajato and Bamboo Nallaha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Basantipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantipur village had a population of 413. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Basantipur village has 219 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantipur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 905.

Basantipur covers 186.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantipur falls under Mayabunder tehsil of North and Middle Andaman district in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The census record for Basantipur notes the nearest railway station as Available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantipur.

Basantipur is in Mayabunder tehsil of North and Middle Andaman district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.