About Basant Village

Basant is a large village in Madanpur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,215, made up of 1,643 males and 1,572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439 hectares hectares.

Basant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Madanpur
Area (hectares)	439 hectares
Population	3,215
Male Population	1,643
Female Population	1,572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 16th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents. Its 439 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

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 5 - 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 26 km from Aurangabad. 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	Rafiganj	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madanpur	10 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	26 km

Villages closest to Basant

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madanpur 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 3,215. That makes it the 16th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,751 residents.

Basant village has 1,643 males and 1,572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Basant covers 439 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basant falls under Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The census record for Basant notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

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

Basant is in Madanpur tehsil of Aurangabad district. Rafiganj is about 9.2 km away. Madanpur is about 10 km away. Aurangabad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.