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About Basawanpur Village

Basawanpur is a mid sized village in Dhampur tehsil, in the district of Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,056, made up of 569 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246733, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basawanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basawanpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bijnor
Tehsil Dhampur
Pincode 246733
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 1,056
Male Population 569
Female Population 487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basawanpur compares

By the 2011 count Basawanpur is the 278th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Basawanpur

Basawanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basawanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basawanpur from other places

Basawanpur lies about 22 km from Bijnor, and the nearest railway station is Haldaur, about 7.2 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 Basawanpur
Nearest town Nihtaur 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Haldaur 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhampur 16 km
District headquarters Bijnor 22 km

Villages closest to Basawanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basawanpur village had a population of 1,056. That makes it the 278th largest of the 633 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,280 residents.

Basawanpur village has 569 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basawanpur has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Basawanpur is 246733. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basawanpur covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basawanpur falls under Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basawanpur is Haldaur, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Basawanpur.

Basawanpur is about 22 km from Bijnor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basawanpur is in Dhampur tehsil of Bijnor district. Nihtaur is about 4.3 km away. Haldaur is about 7.2 km away. Dhampur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padla (under 2 km), Farid Nagar (under 2 km) and Jarifpur Chatar (under 2 km).

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

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