About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a large village in Lauriya tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,883, made up of 2,576 males and 2,307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 447 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Lauriya
Area (hectares)	447 hectares
Population	4,883
Male Population	2,576
Female Population	2,307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 9th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents. Its 447 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Basantpur

Basantpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basantpur as Available within 5 - 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 - 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 14 km from Pashchim Champaran, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lauriya	8.3 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	14 km
Nearest railway station	Chamua	14 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	15 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lauriya 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 4,883. That makes it the 9th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents.

Basantpur village has 2,576 males and 2,307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Basantpur covers 447 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantpur falls under Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran 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 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 14 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Lauriya is about 8.3 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 14 km away. Chamua is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.