About Barantpur Village

Barantpur is a mid sized village in Basantpur tehsil, in the district of Supaul, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,751, made up of 921 males and 830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 440 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Supaul
Tehsil	Basantpur
Pincode	854340
Area (hectares)	440 hectares
Population	1,751
Male Population	921
Female Population	830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
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 Barantpur compares

By the 2011 count Barantpur is the 40th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents. Its 440 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Barantpur

Barantpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barantpur 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 Barantpur from other places

Barantpur lies about 72 km from Supaul, and the nearest railway station is Bathnaha, about 3.0 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 Barantpur
Nearest railway station	Bathnaha	3.0 km
Nearest town	Forbesganj	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basantpur	31 km
District headquarters	Supaul	72 km

Villages closest to Barantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basantpur 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 Barantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Barantpur village had a population of 1,751. That makes it the 40th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents.

Barantpur village has 921 males and 830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barantpur has about 901 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Barantpur is 854340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barantpur covers 440 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barantpur falls under Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barantpur is Bathnaha, about 3.0 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 Barantpur.

Barantpur is about 72 km from Supaul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barantpur is in Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district. Bathnaha is about 3.0 km away. Forbesganj is about 5.3 km away. Basantpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.