About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 961, made up of 498 males and 463 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kargahar
Pincode	821107
Area (hectares)	221 hectares
Population	961
Male Population	498
Female Population	463
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 87th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 221 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

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 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 30 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Khurmabad, about 11 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	Khurmabad	11 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kargahar	30 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	30 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kargahar 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 961. That makes it the 87th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Basantpur village has 498 males and 463 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 821107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 221 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Khurmabad, about 11 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 30 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. Khurmabad is about 11 km away. Sasarām is about 15 km away. Kargahar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.