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About Basant Chhapra Village

Basant Chhapra is a mid sized village in Baikunthpur tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 284 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,268 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Basant Chhapra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant Chhapra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Baikunthpur
Area (hectares) 91 hectares
Population 644
Male Population 284
Female Population 360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,268
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Basant Chhapra compares

By the 2011 count Basant Chhapra is the 65th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,341 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Basant Chhapra

Basant Chhapra 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 Basant Chhapra 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basant Chhapra from other places

Basant Chhapra lies about 35 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Trivikramdeo Nagar, about 5.5 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 Basant Chhapra
Nearest railway station Trivikramdeo Nagar 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Baikunthpur 7.0 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 18 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 35 km

Villages closest to Basant Chhapra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baikunthpur 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 Basant Chhapra

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant Chhapra village had a population of 644. That makes it the 65th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,341 residents.

Basant Chhapra village has 284 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant Chhapra has about 1268 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Basant Chhapra covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basant Chhapra falls under Baikunthpur tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basant Chhapra is Trivikramdeo Nagar, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basant Chhapra.

Basant Chhapra is about 35 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant Chhapra is in Baikunthpur tehsil of Gopalganj district. Trivikramdeo Nagar is about 5.5 km away. Baikunthpur is about 7.0 km away. Sāhibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fatehpur (under 2 km), Man Tengrahi Khap Sokni (under 2 km) and Man Tengrahi Basant Chhapra (under 2 km).

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

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