About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 74 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, 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	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	95 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	74
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
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 113th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 95 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

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 34 km from Solan, 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
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	12 km
Nearest town	Shimla	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	21 km
District headquarters	Solan	34 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arki 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 155. That makes it the 113th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Basantpur village has 74 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basantpur falls under Arki tehsil of Solan 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 34 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Summer Hill is about 12 km away. Shimla is about 12 km away. Arki is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.