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About Basantapur Village

Basantapur is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 34 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721507, 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 Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jhargram
Pincode 721507
Area (hectares) 66.44 hectares
Population 68
Male Population 34
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantapur compares

By the 2011 count Basantapur is the 381st largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 66.44 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Basantapur

Basantapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Basantapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bardanga, Baria, Barjudi and Barkunrya. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 68. That makes it the 381st largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Basantapur village has 34 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantapur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Basantapur is 721507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantapur covers 66.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Basantapur falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Basantapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basantapur.

Basantapur is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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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