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About Basupur Village

Basupur is a large village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,377, made up of 1,259 males and 1,118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.69 hectares hectares.

Basupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basupur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Handia
Area (hectares) 111.69 hectares
Population 2,377
Male Population 1,259
Female Population 1,118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
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 Basupur compares

By the 2011 count Basupur is the 113th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 111.69 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Basupur

The census records public bus service for Basupur 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 Basupur from other places

Basupur lies about 38 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Handia Khas, about 1.6 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 Basupur
Nearest railway station Handia Khas 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Handia 2.2 km
Nearest town Phulpur 24 km
District headquarters Allahabad 38 km

Villages closest to Basupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basupur village had a population of 2,377. That makes it the 113th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Basupur village has 1,259 males and 1,118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basupur has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Basupur covers 111.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basupur falls under Handia tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basupur is Handia Khas, about 1.6 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 Basupur.

Basupur is about 38 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basupur is in Handia tehsil of Allahabad district. Handia Khas is about 1.6 km away. Handia is about 2.2 km away. Phulpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Abdula (under 2 km), Chak Mada (under 2 km) and Bala (1.7 km).

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

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