About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Champa tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,131, made up of 566 males and 565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495671, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Champa
Pincode	495671
Area (hectares)	233.72 hectares
Population	1,131
Male Population	566
Female Population	565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
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 45th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents. Its 233.72 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

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 8.4 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 4.7 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
Tehsil headquarters	Champa	3.8 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Janjgir Naila	4.7 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	8.4 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Champa 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 1,131. That makes it the 45th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents.

Basantpur village has 566 males and 565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 495671. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 233.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Janjgir Naila, about 4.7 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 8.4 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Champa is about 3.8 km away. Chāmpa is about 3.8 km away. Janjgir Naila is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.