About Basratpur Village

Basratpur is a mid sized village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,755, made up of 864 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basratpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basratpur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Itahar
Pincode	733128
Area (hectares)	206.86 hectares
Population	1,755
Male Population	864
Female Population	891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Basratpur compares

By the 2011 count Basratpur is the 59th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 206.86 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Basratpur

Basratpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Basratpur as Available within 10+ 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basratpur from other places

Basratpur lies about 51 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Harishchandrapur, about 12 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 Basratpur
Nearest railway station	Harishchandrapur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Itahar	20 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	24 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	51 km

Villages closest to Basratpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Basratpur village had a population of 1,755. That makes it the 59th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Basratpur village has 864 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basratpur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Basratpur is 733128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basratpur covers 206.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basratpur falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Basratpur is Harishchandrapur, about 12 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 village for Basratpur.

Basratpur is about 51 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basratpur is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Harishchandrapur is about 12 km away. Itahar is about 20 km away. Rāiganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.