About Basantpur Village

Basantpur is a mid sized village in Chunar tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 798, made up of 411 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.71 hectares hectares.

Basantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantpur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mirzapur
Tehsil	Chunar
Area (hectares)	37.71 hectares
Population	798
Male Population	411
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basantpur compares

By the 2011 count Basantpur is the 297th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents. Its 37.71 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 927.

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 village. 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 Basantpur from other places

Basantpur lies about 34 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Chaukhandi, about under 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 Basantpur
Nearest railway station	Chaukhandi	under 2 km
Nearest town	Varanasi	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chunar	24 km
District headquarters	Mirzapur	34 km

Villages closest to Basantpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chunar 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 798. That makes it the 297th largest of the 510 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,217 residents.

Basantpur village has 411 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantpur has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 927.

Basantpur covers 37.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basantpur falls under Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantpur is Chaukhandi, about under 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Basantpur.

Basantpur is about 34 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantpur is in Chunar tehsil of Mirzapur district. Chaukhandi is about under 2 km away. Varanasi is about 18 km away. Chunar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.