Basantapur, Kapilvastu

Basantapur बसन्तपुर
Village development committee
Basantapur Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°30′N83°03′E / 27.50°N 83.05°E / 27.50; 83.05
Country	Nepal
Zone	Lumbini Zone
District	Kapilvastu District
Population  (1991)
• Total	2,352
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Basantapur is a village in the Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2352. ^[1]

History

Archaeological excavations have shown evidence of ancient civilisations located in Basantapur.

In April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal near the capital Kathmandu. In Basantapur, several buildings were damaged and 1 person was killed. ^[2]

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
2. "Case study: Nepal 2015 (LMIC) - Earthquakes and tsunami – WJEC - GCSE Geography Revision - WJEC". BBC Bitesize. Retrieved 2025-09-02.