About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a large village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,030, made up of 1,038 males and 992 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Pincode	855105
Area (hectares)	401 hectares
Population	2,030
Male Population	1,038
Female Population	992
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 48th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 401 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Basantpur

Basantpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basantpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Basantpur from other places

Basantpur lies about 67 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 2.7 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	Araria Court	2.7 km
Nearest town	Arāria	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	9.9 km
District headquarters	Katihar	67 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kadwa 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 2,030. That makes it the 48th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Basantpur village has 1,038 males and 992 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 855105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 401 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Araria Court, about 2.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 67 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Araria Court is about 2.7 km away. Arāria is about 5.1 km away. Kadwa is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.