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About Basapur Village

Basapur is a mid sized village in Kushtagi tehsil, in the district of Koppal, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 420 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 583280, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Koppal
Tehsil Kushtagi
Pincode 583280
Area (hectares) 195.36 hectares
Population 774
Male Population 420
Female Population 354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 843
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basapur compares

By the 2011 count Basapur is the 118th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents. Its 195.36 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Basapur

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

Basapur lies about 56 km from Koppal, and the nearest railway station is Linganabandi, 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 Kushtagi 12 km
Nearest railway station Linganabandi 19 km
District headquarters Koppal 56 km

Villages closest to Basapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kushtagi 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 774. That makes it the 118th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,606 residents.

Basapur village has 420 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basapur has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Basapur is 583280. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basapur covers 195.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basapur falls under Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Basapur is Linganabandi, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basapur.

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

Basapur is in Kushtagi tehsil of Koppal district. Kushtagi is about 12 km away. Linganabandi is about 19 km away. Koppal is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Upparbasapur (under 2 km), Teggihal (2.1 km) and Madapur (3.1 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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