About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 108 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144224
Area (hectares)	47 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	108
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 272nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 47 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Basantpur

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

Basantpur lies about 63 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about 5.5 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	Chak Kalan	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	14 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	14 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	63 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mukerian 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 223. That makes it the 272nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Basantpur village has 108 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 144224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Chak Kalan, about 5.5 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 village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 63 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Chak Kalan is about 5.5 km away. Mukerian is about 14 km away. Mukeriān is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.