About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Bhagwanpur tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 844, made up of 440 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Bhagwanpur
Area (hectares)	82 hectares
Population	844
Male Population	440
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 36th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 871 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

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 160 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Chamua, about 14 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	Chamua	14 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhagwanpur	27 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	160 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhagwanpur 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 844. That makes it the 36th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 871 residents.

Basantpur village has 440 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Basantpur covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantpur falls under Bhagwanpur tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Chamua, about 14 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 160 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Bhagwanpur tehsil of Kaimur district. Chamua is about 14 km away. Rāmnagar is about 15 km away. Bhagwanpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.