About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Auraiya tehsil, in the district of Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 330 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 206122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Auraiya
Tehsil	Auraiya
Pincode	206122
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	596
Male Population	330
Female Population	266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 281st largest of the 370 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,373 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 851.

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 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 4.9 km from Auraiya, and the nearest railway station is Phaphund, about 22 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
Tehsil headquarters	Auraiya	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Phaphund	22 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Auraiya 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 596. That makes it the 281st largest of the 370 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,373 residents.

Basantpur village has 330 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Basantpur is 206122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantpur covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Auraiya tehsil of Auraiya district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Phaphund, about 22 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 4.9 km from Auraiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Auraiya tehsil of Auraiya district. Auraiya is about 4.9 km away. Phaphund is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.