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About Basavanpur Village

Basavanpur is a mid sized village in Meerganj tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 503 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.09 hectares hectares.

Basavanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basavanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Meerganj
Area (hectares) 170.09 hectares
Population 902
Male Population 503
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 793
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Basavanpur compares

By the 2011 count Basavanpur is the 163rd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents. Its 170.09 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 873.

Getting to Basavanpur

Basavanpur 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 Basavanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basavanpur from other places

Basavanpur lies about 25 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Dhaneta, about 8.8 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 Basavanpur
Nearest railway station Dhaneta 8.8 km
Nearest town Fatehganj West 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Meerganj 25 km
District headquarters Bareilly 25 km

Villages closest to Basavanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basavanpur village had a population of 902. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,858 residents.

Basavanpur village has 503 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basavanpur has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

Basavanpur covers 170.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basavanpur falls under Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basavanpur is Dhaneta, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Basavanpur.

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

Basavanpur is in Meerganj tehsil of Bareilly district. Dhaneta is about 8.8 km away. Fatehganj West is about 12 km away. Meerganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sevajwalapur (1.5 km), Brahmpura (2.0 km) and Rampura (2.0 km).

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

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