About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Katghora tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 813, made up of 415 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 388 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491988, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Korba
Tehsil	Katghora
Pincode	491988
Area (hectares)	388 hectares
Population	813
Male Population	415
Female Population	398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 47th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 928 residents. Its 388 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 991.

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 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 20 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Gevra Road, about 18 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	Katghora	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Gevra Road	18 km
District headquarters	Korba	20 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katghora 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 813. That makes it the 47th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 928 residents.

Basantpur village has 415 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 491988. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 388 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Katghora tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Gevra Road, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 20 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Katghora tehsil of Korba district. Katghora is about 4.7 km away. Gevra Road is about 18 km away. Korba is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.