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About Basantapur Village

Basantapur is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 990, made up of 522 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.43 hectares hectares.

Basantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 335.43 hectares
Population 990
Male Population 522
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 897
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basantapur compares

By the 2011 count Basantapur is the 222nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 335.43 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Basantapur

Basantapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Basantapur 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basantapur from other places

Basantapur lies about 24 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Algawan, about 21 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 Basantapur
Nearest town Jalālābād 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Algawan 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 24 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 24 km

Villages closest to Basantapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantapur village had a population of 990. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Basantapur village has 522 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantapur has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Basantapur covers 335.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantapur falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basantapur is Algawan, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Basantapur.

Basantapur is about 24 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantapur is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jalālābād is about 9.7 km away. Algawan is about 21 km away. Powayan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anantapur (under 2 km), Itauli (2.5 km) and Malhpur (3.1 km).

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

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