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About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,401, made up of 806 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 738 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353.66 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bara Banki
Tehsil Ramnagar
Area (hectares) 353.66 hectares
Population 1,401
Male Population 806
Female Population 595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 738
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 72nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 353.66 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 859.

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 39 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Chowka Ghat, about 14 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 Chowka Ghat 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramnagar 15 km
Nearest town Fatehpur 18 km
District headquarters Bara Banki 39 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantpur village had a population of 1,401. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Basantpur village has 806 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 738 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 859.

Basantpur covers 353.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantpur falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Chowka Ghat, about 14 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 39 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Ramnagar tehsil of Bara Banki district. Chowka Ghat is about 14 km away. Ramnagar is about 15 km away. Fatehpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Basantpur Manjhara (under 2 km), Salpur (2.5 km) and Birana Mau (3.3 km).

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

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