About Basapura Village

Basapura is a mid sized village in Challakere tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 801, made up of 400 males and 401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 983.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577543, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Chitradurga
Tehsil	Challakere
Pincode	577543
Area (hectares)	983.16 hectares
Population	801
Male Population	400
Female Population	401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basapura compares

By the 2011 count Basapura is the 130th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents. Its 983.16 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Basapura

Basapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basapura as Available within village. 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 Basapura from other places

Basapura lies about 56 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Talaku, 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 Basapura
Nearest railway station	Talaku	18 km
Nearest town	Rāyadrug	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Challakere	28 km
District headquarters	Chitradurga	56 km

Villages closest to Basapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basapura village had a population of 801. That makes it the 130th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,718 residents.

Basapura village has 400 males and 401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basapura has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Basapura is 577543. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basapura covers 983.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basapura falls under Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basapura is Talaku, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basapura.

Basapura is about 56 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basapura is in Challakere tehsil of Chitradurga district. Talaku is about 18 km away. Rāyadrug is about 21 km away. Challakere is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.