About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is one of the larger villages in Basantpur tehsil, in the district of Supaul, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,143, made up of 2,728 males and 2,415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Supaul
Tehsil	Basantpur
Pincode	852105
Area (hectares)	280 hectares
Population	5,143
Male Population	2,728
Female Population	2,415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 5th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

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 87 km from Supaul, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 2.7 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	Araria Court	2.7 km
Nearest town	Arāria	5.1 km
District headquarters	Supaul	87 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

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 Basantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 5,143. That makes it the 5th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,086 residents.

Basantpur village has 2,728 males and 2,415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 852105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantpur falls under Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Araria Court, about 2.7 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 87 km from Supaul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Basantpur tehsil of Supaul district. Araria Court is about 2.7 km away. Arāria is about 5.1 km away. Supaul is about 87 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.