About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a large village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,890, made up of 2,007 males and 1,883 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1173.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Wadrafnagar
Pincode	497225
Area (hectares)	1173.56 hectares
Population	3,890
Male Population	2,007
Female Population	1,883
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 1173.56 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

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 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 80 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 38 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	Wadrafnagar	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jharokhas	38 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	46 km
District headquarters	Surguja	80 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Wadrafnagar 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 3,890. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Basantpur village has 2,007 males and 1,883 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 497225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 1173.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Jharokhas, about 38 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 village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 80 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Wadrafnagar is about 7.7 km away. Jharokhas is about 38 km away. Renukūt is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.