About Basantapur Village

Basantapur is a mid sized village in Murarai II tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,150, made up of 602 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basantapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basantapur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Murarai II
Pincode	731219
Area (hectares)	138.91 hectares
Population	1,150
Male Population	602
Female Population	548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantapur compares

By the 2011 count Basantapur is the 55th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,216 residents. Its 138.91 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Basantapur

Basantapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basantapur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Basantapur from other places

Basantapur lies about 19 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lohapur, about 18 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 railway station	Lohapur	18 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murarai II	19 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	19 km

Villages closest to Basantapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basantapur village had a population of 1,150. That makes it the 55th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,216 residents.

Basantapur village has 602 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantapur has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

The pincode recorded for Basantapur is 731219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantapur covers 138.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basantapur falls under Murarai II tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Basantapur is Lohapur, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basantapur.

Basantapur is about 19 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basantapur is in Murarai II tehsil of Birbhum district. Lohapur is about 18 km away. Rampur Hat is about 18 km away. Murarai II is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.