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About Basanpur Village

Basanpur is a small village in Nuaon tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 199, made up of 109 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98 hectares hectares.

Basanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kaimur
Tehsil Nuaon
Area (hectares) 98 hectares
Population 199
Male Population 109
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basanpur compares

By the 2011 count Basanpur is the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 98 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Basanpur

Basanpur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basanpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basanpur from other places

Basanpur lies about 20 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about 12 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 Basanpur
Nearest railway station Twining Ganj 12 km
Nearest town Dumraon 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nuaon 13 km
District headquarters Kaimur 20 km

Villages closest to Basanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basanpur village had a population of 199. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Basanpur village has 109 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basanpur has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 902.

Basanpur covers 98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basanpur falls under Nuaon tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basanpur is Twining Ganj, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basanpur.

Basanpur is about 20 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basanpur is in Nuaon tehsil of Kaimur district. Twining Ganj is about 12 km away. Dumraon is about 12 km away. Nuaon 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 Rampur (1.8 km), Sagra (6.9 km) and Sarae Bala (6.9 km).

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

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