About Bastam Village

Bastam is a mid sized village in Deoband tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,565, made up of 849 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.05 hectares hectares.

Bastam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bastam village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Saharanpur
Tehsil	Deoband
Area (hectares)	258.05 hectares
Population	1,565
Male Population	849
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
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 Bastam compares

By the 2011 count Bastam is the 101st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents. Its 258.05 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Bastam

Bastam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bastam 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 Bastam from other places

Bastam lies about 29 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Talheri Buzurg, about 5.0 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 Bastam
Nearest railway station	Talheri Buzurg	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Deoband	5.3 km
District headquarters	Saharanpur	29 km

Villages closest to Bastam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bastam village had a population of 1,565. That makes it the 101st largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents.

Bastam village has 849 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bastam has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Bastam covers 258.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bastam falls under Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bastam is Talheri Buzurg, about 5.0 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 Bastam.

Bastam is about 29 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bastam is in Deoband tehsil of Saharanpur district. Talheri Buzurg is about 5.0 km away. Deoband is about 5.3 km away. Saharanpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.