About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a small village in Chandauli tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 314, made up of 168 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.13 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Chandauli
Area (hectares)	26.13 hectares
Population	314
Male Population	168
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 343rd largest of the 416 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents. Its 26.13 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Basantpur

Basantpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basantpur 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 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 11 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Ganj Khawaja, about 11 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	Ganj Khawaja	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandauli	11 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandauli 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 314. That makes it the 343rd largest of the 416 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents.

Basantpur village has 168 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Basantpur covers 26.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Ganj Khawaja, about 11 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 village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 11 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Chandauli tehsil of Chandauli district. Ganj Khawaja is about 11 km away. Chandauli is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.