About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a large village in Mandu tehsil, in the district of Ramgarh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,243, made up of 1,165 males and 1,078 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 937.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ramgarh
Tehsil	Mandu
Pincode	825325
Area (hectares)	937.02 hectares
Population	2,243
Male Population	1,165
Female Population	1,078
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 20th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents. Its 937.02 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

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 5 - 10 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 Basantpur from other places

Basantpur lies about 22 km from Ramgarh, and the nearest railway station is Mandu, about 9.6 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	Mandu	9.6 km
Nearest town	Kuju	12 km
District headquarters	Ramgarh	22 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mandu 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 2,243. That makes it the 20th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,925 residents.

Basantpur village has 1,165 males and 1,078 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 825325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 937.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Mandu, about 9.6 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 village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 22 km from Ramgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Mandu tehsil of Ramgarh district. Mandu is about 9.6 km away. Kuju is about 12 km away. Ramgarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.