Basatpur
place in Province Number 2, Nepal
Basatpur is a settlement situated on the bank of Bagamati River in Nepal. The name Basatpur is derived from the Sanskrit word vasanta or basanta, in reference to the season of Spring. This is intended to represent the "evergreen" personalities of Basatpur's residence. Basatpur was a village development committee in the Rautahat District in the Narayani Zone of south-eastern Nepal until August 2017. Currently, it is jointly divided into two wards of the Rajdevi Municipality of the Rautahat district, Province 2 of federal Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 4093 people living in 922 individual households. Basatpur has the second highest population of Brahmins in the Rautahat district. The majority of Basatpur's residents consists of Nepali government officials who operate in nearly every government sector in Nepal, including various private sectors.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Basatpur” as place in Province Number 2, Nepal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as place in Province Number 2, Nepal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 5, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3417078. Authority coordinates are 26.790, 85.320. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017 and 1991.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Basatpur”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Basatpur primary sources, Basatpur archive and Basatpur research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Basatpur”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Basatpur” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.