About Basantpura Village

Basantpura is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 694 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpura village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Rajpura
Pincode	147201
Area (hectares)	308 hectares
Population	1,351
Male Population	694
Female Population	657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Basantpura compares

By the 2011 count Basantpura is the 74th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 308 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Basantpura

Basantpura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basantpura 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basantpura from other places

Basantpura lies about 25 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Banjara, 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 Basantpura
Nearest railway station	Sarai Banjara	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpura	10 km
District headquarters	Patiala	25 km

Villages closest to Basantpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpura village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 74th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents.

Basantpura village has 694 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpura has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Basantpura is 147201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpura covers 308 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpura falls under Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Basantpura is Sarai Banjara, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basantpura.

Basantpura is about 25 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpura is in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district. Sarai Banjara is about under 2 km away. Rajpura is about 10 km away. Patiala is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.