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About Basantapur Village

Basantapur is a mid sized village in Sabang tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 266 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721166, 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 Sabang
Pincode 721166
Area (hectares) 94.29 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 266
Female Population 272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Basantapur compares

By the 2011 count Basantapur is the 151st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 94.29 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Basantapur

Basantapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basantapur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Barachahara, Barada, Barasati and Barjiban. 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 538. That makes it the 151st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Basantapur village has 266 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basantapur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Basantapur is 721166. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basantapur covers 94.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Basantapur falls under Sabang 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 village for Basantapur.

Basantapur is in Sabang 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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