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About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a small village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 84 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 495118
Area (hectares) 364.82 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 84
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
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 190th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 364.82 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basantpur from other places

Basantpur lies about 60 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Darekasa, about 46 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 Chhuikhadan 19 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 25 km
Nearest railway station Darekasa 46 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 60 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuikhadan 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.

Common questions about Basantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 162. That makes it the 190th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Basantpur village has 84 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 495118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 364.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basantpur falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Darekasa, about 46 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 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 60 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 19 km away. Khairāgarh is about 25 km away. Darekasa is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chatrela (4.2 km), Gerukhadan (5.0 km) and Deoracha (6.0 km).

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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