About Basantkot Village

Basantkot is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 101 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262555
Area (hectares)	106.84 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	101
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantkot compares

By the 2011 count Basantkot is the 73rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 106.84 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Basantkot

Basantkot is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Basantkot as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Basantkot from other places

Basantkot lies about 27 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 51 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 Basantkot
Nearest town	Almora	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	27 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	27 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	51 km

Villages closest to Basantkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantkot village had a population of 215. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Basantkot village has 101 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantkot has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Basantkot is 262555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantkot covers 106.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantkot falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Basantkot is Kathgodam, about 51 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Basantkot.

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

Basantkot is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 26 km away. Munsiari is about 27 km away. Pithoragarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.