About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Chas tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 593, made up of 311 males and 282 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 827013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Chas
Pincode	827013
Area (hectares)	100.39 hectares
Population	593
Male Population	311
Female Population	282
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
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 99th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents. Its 100.39 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 946.

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 19 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Bokaro Steel City, 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	Bokaro Steel City	12 km
Nearest town	Phusro	13 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chas	21 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chas 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 593. That makes it the 99th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents.

Basantpur village has 311 males and 282 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 827013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 100.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Chas tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Bokaro Steel City, 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 19 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Chas tehsil of Bokaro district. Bokaro Steel City is about 12 km away. Phusro is about 13 km away. Bokaro is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.