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About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Sabour tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,070, made up of 567 males and 503 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.51 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sabour
Area (hectares) 61.51 hectares
Population 1,070
Male Population 567
Female Population 503
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 36th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,892 residents. Its 61.51 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Basantpur

The census records public bus service for Basantpur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 13 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Akbarnagar, about 4.6 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 Akbarnagar 4.6 km
Nearest town Sultānganj 12 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sabour 20 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

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

Common questions about Basantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 1,070. That makes it the 36th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,892 residents.

Basantpur village has 567 males and 503 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Basantpur covers 61.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantpur falls under Sabour tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Akbarnagar, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 13 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Sabour tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Akbarnagar is about 4.6 km away. Sultānganj is about 12 km away. Bhagalpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mirzapur (3.8 km), Lodipur (14 km) and Lodipur Kalan (14 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basantpur today is likely to be higher.

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