About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,592, made up of 829 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	150 hectares
Population	1,592
Male Population	829
Female Population	763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 48th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 150 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Basantpur

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

Basantpur lies about 18 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 8.2 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 Basantpur
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	8.2 km
Nearest town	Godda	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	18 km
District headquarters	Banka	18 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 1,592. That makes it the 48th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Basantpur village has 829 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Basantpur covers 150 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantpur falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Barahat Junction, about 8.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 18 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 8.2 km away. Godda is about 16 km away. Dhuraiya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.