About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a large village in Parsa tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,559, made up of 1,308 males and 1,251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Parsa
Area (hectares)	104 hectares
Population	2,559
Male Population	1,308
Female Population	1,251
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 18th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,824 residents. Its 104 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

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 47 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Karisath, about 10 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	Karisath	10 km
Nearest town	Arrah	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Parsa	20 km
District headquarters	Saran	47 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Parsa 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 2,559. That makes it the 18th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,824 residents.

Basantpur village has 1,308 males and 1,251 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 939.

Basantpur covers 104 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantpur falls under Parsa tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Karisath, about 10 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 47 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Parsa tehsil of Saran district. Karisath is about 10 km away. Arrah is about 12 km away. Parsa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.