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About Basantpura Village

Basantpura is a small village in Buxwaha tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 98 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 724 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.32 hectares hectares.

Basantpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Buxwaha
Area (hectares) 283.32 hectares
Population 169
Male Population 98
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 724
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basantpura compares

By the 2011 count Basantpura is the 89th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 713 residents. Its 283.32 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Basantpura

The census records public bus service for Basantpura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basantpura from other places

Basantpura lies about 62 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 47 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 Basantpura
Tehsil headquarters Buxwaha 19 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 29 km
Nearest railway station Tila 47 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 62 km

Villages closest to Basantpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpura village had a population of 169. That makes it the 89th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 713 residents.

Basantpura village has 98 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpura has about 724 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 847.

Basantpura covers 283.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basantpura falls under Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpura is Tila, about 47 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basantpura.

Basantpura is about 62 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpura is in Buxwaha tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Buxwaha is about 19 km away. Bijāwar is about 29 km away. Tila is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banpura (1.5 km), Kachari (1.8 km) and Dhimarwa (2.2 km).

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

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