About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,569, made up of 764 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, 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	Dabhra
Pincode	495688
Area (hectares)	262.62 hectares
Population	1,569
Male Population	764
Female Population	805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
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 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 262.62 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

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 55 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 25 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	Dabhra	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	25 km
Nearest town	Saktī	31 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	55 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dabhra 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 1,569. That makes it the 30th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Basantpur village has 764 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 495688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 262.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Kharsia, about 25 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 55 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 Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 2.5 km away. Kharsia is about 25 km away. Saktī is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.