About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 349 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176403
Area (hectares)	143.84 hectares
Population	641
Male Population	349
Female Population	292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 44th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 143.84 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

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 within village. 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 55 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about 5.5 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	Chak Kalan	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	10 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	55 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Indora 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 641. That makes it the 44th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Basantpur village has 349 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 176403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 143.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Chak Kalan, about 5.5 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 55 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Chak Kalan is about 5.5 km away. Indora is about 10 km away. Mukeriān is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.