# Basantapur Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **290 people in 62 households**, the 126th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 290people (2011)
- 62households
- 45.8%literacy
- 1,086females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 66 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****66%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**73%

Tap water ****18%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**79%

Use banking services ****100%**

**62%

Television ****39%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**12%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.8%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1086**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**951

Working population ****66.9%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.1% for men and 40.2% for women. 68% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 162 (84%)

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 Jaypur

- Mohishkhoar298 people
- Chanpatala295 people
- Digrya293 people
- Birampur291 people
- Narayanpur290 people
- Barakura281 people
- Bhabanipur256 people
- Adhakata246 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?290 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?45.8% (Census 2011)