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About Basantipur Village

Basantipur is a small village in Lakhimpur tehsil, in the district of Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 105, made up of 52 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.41 hectares hectares.

Basantipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantipur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kheri
Tehsil Lakhimpur
Area (hectares) 102.41 hectares
Population 105
Male Population 52
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantipur compares

By the 2011 count Basantipur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents. Its 102.41 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Basantipur

Basantipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basantipur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Basantipur from other places

Basantipur lies about 27 km from Kheri, and the nearest railway station is Parsendi, about 16 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 Basantipur
Nearest town Lāharpur 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Parsendi 16 km
District headquarters Kheri 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhimpur 33 km

Villages closest to Basantipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantipur village had a population of 105. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents.

Basantipur village has 52 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantipur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Basantipur covers 102.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basantipur falls under Lakhimpur tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantipur is Parsendi, about 16 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 and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basantipur.

Basantipur is about 27 km from Kheri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantipur is in Lakhimpur tehsil of Kheri district. Lāharpur is about 4.0 km away. Parsendi is about 16 km away. Kheri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Andesh Nagar (under 2 km), Lakhaha (2.3 km) and Gaura (3.6 km).

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

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