About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Bangiriposi tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,251, made up of 626 males and 625 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Bangiriposi
Pincode	757092
Area (hectares)	321 hectares
Population	1,251
Male Population	626
Female Population	625
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 15th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 502 residents. Its 321 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Basantpur

Basantpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basantpur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basantpur from other places

Basantpur lies about 120 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Murga Mahadev Road, about 12 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 Basantpur
Nearest railway station	Murga Mahadev Road	12 km
Nearest town	Joda	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bangiriposi	35 km
District headquarters	Mayurbhanj	120 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 1,251. That makes it the 15th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 502 residents.

Basantpur village has 626 males and 625 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 757092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 321 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Bangiriposi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Murga Mahadev Road, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 120 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Bangiriposi tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Murga Mahadev Road is about 12 km away. Joda is about 15 km away. Bangiriposi is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.