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About Basantpur Milik Village

Basantpur Milik is a small village in Barsoi tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 182 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Milik Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur Milik village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Barsoi
Area (hectares) 9 hectares
Population 342
Male Population 182
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basantpur Milik compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur Milik is the 176th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents. Its 9 hectares work out to about 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Basantpur Milik

Basantpur Milik is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basantpur Milik as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Milik from other places

Basantpur Milik lies about 42 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kachna, about 9.4 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 Milik
Nearest railway station Kachna 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Barsoi 10 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 15 km
District headquarters Katihar 42 km

Villages closest to Basantpur Milik

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur Milik village had a population of 342. That makes it the 176th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,568 residents.

Basantpur Milik village has 182 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur Milik has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Basantpur Milik covers 9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 38 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantpur Milik falls under Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur Milik is Kachna, about 9.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur Milik.

Basantpur Milik is about 42 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur Milik is in Barsoi tehsil of Katihar district. Kachna is about 9.4 km away. Barsoi is about 10 km away. Rāiganj is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantpur (under 2 km), Baldogachhi (under 2 km) and Dogachh (under 2 km).

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

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