About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a large village in Marwan tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,159, made up of 1,615 males and 1,544 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Marwan
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	3,159
Male Population	1,615
Female Population	1,544
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	956
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 14th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,672 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 904.

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 45 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Desari, about 6.9 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	Desari	6.9 km
Nearest town	Mahnar Bazar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwan	31 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	45 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Marwan 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 3,159. That makes it the 14th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,672 residents.

Basantpur village has 1,615 males and 1,544 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, well above the tehsil average of 904.

Basantpur covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantpur falls under Marwan tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Desari, about 6.9 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 45 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Marwan tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Desari is about 6.9 km away. Mahnar Bazar is about 13 km away. Marwan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.