About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 453, made up of 232 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, 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	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	218.06 hectares
Population	453
Male Population	232
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 135th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 218.06 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 well below the tehsil average of 1017.

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 5 - 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 19 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 7.1 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 railway station	Musra	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	15 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	19 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 453. That makes it the 135th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Basantpur village has 232 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 218.06 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 Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Musra, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 19 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 Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about 7.1 km away. Dongargarh is about 15 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.