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About Basant Pur Village

Basant Pur is a small village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 83 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basant Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basant Pur village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Sunderbani
Pincode 185203
Area (hectares) 132.7 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 83
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basant Pur compares

By the 2011 count Basant Pur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 132.7 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Basant Pur

Basant Pur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basant Pur as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Basant Pur from other places

Basant Pur lies about 49 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 49 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 Basant Pur
Tehsil headquarters Sunderbani 15 km
Nearest town Akhnūr 30 km
Nearest railway station Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra 49 km
District headquarters Rajouri 49 km

Villages closest to Basant Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sunderbani 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.

Common questions about Basant Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basant Pur village had a population of 158. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Basant Pur village has 83 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basant Pur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Basant Pur is 185203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basant Pur covers 132.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basant Pur falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Basant Pur is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 49 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basant Pur.

Basant Pur is about 49 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basant Pur is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 15 km away. Akhnūr is about 30 km away. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deoli (1.9 km), Barnara (2.4 km) and Dhar (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basant Pur today is likely to be higher.

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