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About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a small village in Pathalgaon tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 196 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Pathalgaon
Pincode 496220
Area (hectares) 174.79 hectares
Population 409
Male Population 196
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,087
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 98th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,577 residents. Its 174.79 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bagbahar, Bahenatangar, Balajhar and Bandhanpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Basantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 409. That makes it the 98th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,577 residents.

Basantpur village has 196 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 496220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 174.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Pathalgaon tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Basantpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is in Pathalgaon tehsil of Jashpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basantpur today is likely to be higher.

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