About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 598 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, 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	Pendra
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	337.02 hectares
Population	1,161
Male Population	598
Female Population	563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 30th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 337.02 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

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 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 75 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Sarbahara, about 13 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	Pendra	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sarbahara	13 km
Nearest town	Pasān	21 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	75 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra 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 1,161. That makes it the 30th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Basantpur village has 598 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 337.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Sarbahara, about 13 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 village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 75 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 Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pendra is about 7.8 km away. Sarbahara is about 13 km away. Pasān is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.