About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Seoni tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 339 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171018, 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	Shimla
Tehsil	Seoni
Pincode	171018
Area (hectares)	111 hectares
Population	644
Male Population	339
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
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 among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 164 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

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 12 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 12 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	Seoni	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	12 km
District headquarters	Shimla	12 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni 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 644. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 164 residents.

Basantpur village has 339 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 171018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Seoni tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Summer Hill, about 12 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 12 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Seoni tehsil of Shimla district. Seoni is about 5.9 km away. Summer Hill is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.