About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Pakuria tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 506 males and 523 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Pakuria
Pincode	816117
Area (hectares)	161 hectares
Population	1,029
Male Population	506
Female Population	523
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 30th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 742 residents. Its 161 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Basantpur

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

Basantpur lies about 36 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Nalhati Junction, about 11 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	Pakuria	8.0 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nalhati Junction	11 km
District headquarters	Pakur	36 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakuria 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 1,029. That makes it the 30th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 742 residents.

Basantpur village has 506 males and 523 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 816117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 161 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantpur falls under Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Nalhati Junction, about 11 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 36 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Pakuria tehsil of Pakur district. Pakuria is about 8.0 km away. Nalhāti is about 10 km away. Nalhati Junction is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.