About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,048, made up of 509 males and 539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	491228
Area (hectares)	288.95 hectares
Population	1,048
Male Population	509
Female Population	539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available
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 105th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 288.95 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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. 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 45 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kotmi Sonar, about 30 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 town	Baloda Bāzār	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kotmi Sonar	30 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	45 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Masturi 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 1,048. That makes it the 105th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Basantpur village has 509 males and 539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 288.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Kotmi Sonar, about 30 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 45 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Baloda Bāzār is about 28 km away. Masturi is about 30 km away. Kotmi Sonar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.