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About Basantapur Village

Basantapur is a large village in Pandapara tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,036, made up of 991 males and 1,045 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 822 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantapur village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Pandapara
Pincode 758014
Area (hectares) 822 hectares
Population 2,036
Male Population 991
Female Population 1,045
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantapur compares

By the 2011 count Basantapur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 673 residents. Its 822 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Basantapur

Basantapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basantapur as Available within <5 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 Basantapur from other places

Basantapur lies about 12 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about under 2 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 Basantapur
Nearest railway station Basantapur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Pandapara 12 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 12 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 12 km

Villages closest to Basantapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantapur village had a population of 2,036. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 673 residents.

Basantapur village has 991 males and 1,045 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantapur has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Basantapur is 758014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantapur covers 822 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantapur falls under Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Basantapur is Basantapur, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basantapur.

Basantapur is about 12 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantapur is in Pandapara tehsil of Kendujhar district. Basantapur is about under 2 km away. Pandapara is about 12 km away. Kendujhar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandasar (2.0 km), Nudurupada (2.9 km) and Balanipasi (3.2 km).

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

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