About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,981, made up of 979 males and 1,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.32 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	Janjgir
Pincode	495671
Area (hectares)	230.32 hectares
Population	1,981
Male Population	979
Female Population	1,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
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 25th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 230.32 hectares work out to about 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

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 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
Nearest town	Chāmpa	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Janjgir	4.6 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 Janjgir 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 1,981. That makes it the 25th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Basantpur village has 979 males and 1,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

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

Basantpur covers 230.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantpur falls under Janjgir 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 5 - 10 km distance 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 Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Chāmpa is about 3.8 km away. Janjgir is about 4.6 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.