About Basitpur Village

Basitpur is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 132 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basitpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basitpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	814111
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	132
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basitpur compares

By the 2011 count Basitpur is the 227th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Basitpur

Basitpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basitpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Basitpur from other places

Basitpur lies about 20 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 18 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 Basitpur
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Banshlai Bridge	18 km
District headquarters	Pakur	20 km

Villages closest to Basitpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basitpur village had a population of 259. That makes it the 227th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Basitpur village has 132 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basitpur has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Basitpur is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basitpur covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basitpur falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basitpur is Banshlai Bridge, about 18 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basitpur.

Basitpur is about 20 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basitpur is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 8.6 km away. Banshlai Bridge is about 18 km away. Pakur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.