About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Raghunathpur tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,273, made up of 591 males and 682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Raghunathpur
Area (hectares)	326 hectares
Population	1,273
Male Population	591
Female Population	682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 37th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,615 residents. Its 326 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1051.

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 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 22 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Jiradei, about 19 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	Raghunathpur	6.0 km
Nearest town	Maniar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Jiradei	19 km
District headquarters	Siwan	22 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raghunathpur 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 1,273. That makes it the 37th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,615 residents.

Basantpur village has 591 males and 682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1051.

Basantpur covers 326 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Raghunathpur tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Jiradei, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 22 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Raghunathpur tehsil of Siwan district. Raghunathpur is about 6.0 km away. Maniar is about 10 km away. Jiradei is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.