About Basatpur Village

Basatpur is a mid sized village in Kurtha tehsil, in the district of Arwal, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 324 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares.

Basatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basatpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Arwal
Tehsil	Kurtha
Area (hectares)	38 hectares
Population	603
Male Population	324
Female Population	279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basatpur compares

By the 2011 count Basatpur is the 55th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,833 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Basatpur

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

Basatpur lies about 26 km from Arwal, and the nearest railway station is Wanabar Halt, about 13 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 Basatpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kurtha	7.0 km
Nearest town	Makhdumpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Wanabar Halt	13 km
District headquarters	Arwal	26 km

Villages closest to Basatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basatpur village had a population of 603. That makes it the 55th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,833 residents.

Basatpur village has 324 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basatpur has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Basatpur covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basatpur falls under Kurtha tehsil of Arwal district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basatpur is Wanabar Halt, about 13 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 Basatpur.

Basatpur is about 26 km from Arwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basatpur is in Kurtha tehsil of Arwal district. Kurtha is about 7.0 km away. Makhdumpur is about 13 km away. Wanabar Halt is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.