About Basanpur Village

Basanpur is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 115 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494551
Area (hectares)	408.57 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	115
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basanpur compares

By the 2011 count Basanpur is the 52nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 408.57 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Basanpur

Basanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basanpur from other places

Basanpur lies about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 3.8 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 Basanpur
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	3.8 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	18 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	18 km

Villages closest to Basanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basanpur village had a population of 226. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Basanpur village has 115 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basanpur has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Basanpur is 494551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basanpur covers 408.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basanpur falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basanpur is Kamalur, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basanpur.

Basanpur is about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basanpur is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 3.8 km away. Bacheli is about 15 km away. Dantewada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.