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About Basapur Village

Basapur is a small village in Shirhatti tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5, made up of 2 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gadag
Tehsil Shirhatti
Pincode 582117
Area (hectares) 349.04 hectares
Population 5
Male Population 2
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basapur compares

By the 2011 count Basapur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents. Its 349.04 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 966.

Getting to Basapur

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

Basapur lies about 21 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Hulkoti, about 19 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 Basapur
Tehsil headquarters Shirhatti 5.0 km
Nearest town Lakshmeshwar 17 km
Nearest railway station Hulkoti 19 km
District headquarters Gadag 21 km

Villages closest to Basapur

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

Common questions about Basapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Basapur village had a population of 5. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,763 residents.

Basapur village has 2 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basapur has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Basapur is 582117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basapur covers 349.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basapur falls under Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basapur is Hulkoti, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Basapur.

Basapur is about 21 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basapur is in Shirhatti tehsil of Gadag district. Shirhatti is about 5.0 km away. Lakshmeshwar is about 17 km away. Hulkoti is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanapur (3.1 km), Holalapur (4.3 km) and Shirahatti (4.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basapur today is likely to be higher.

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