# Basudebpur Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Basudebpur

Basudebpur is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,704 people in 319 households**, the 36th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,704people (2011)
- 319households
- 63.1%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basudebpur

Of every 100 households in Basudebpur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basudebpur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****55%**

**67%

Use banking services ****65%**

**43%

Television ****22%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Basudebpur?

■ Basudebpur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**908

Working population ****47.2%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.3% for men and 44.1% for women. 59% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 108 (13%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 172 (21%) · **■** Marginal 380 (47%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gangajalghati

- Bhakta Band1,850 people
- Bihar Jurya1,762 people
- Durlabhpur1,725 people
- Bharadihi1,715 people
- Ukhra Dihi1,652 people
- Rajamela1,641 people
- Gopinathpur1,638 people
- Nandanpur1,612 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basudebpur?1,704 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basudebpur in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basudebpur?63.1% (Census 2011)