# Basu Nandanpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Basu Nandanpur

Basu Nandanpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **315 people in 79 households**, the 131st largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 315people (2011)
- 79households
- 53.0%literacy
- 1,072females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basu Nandanpur

Of every 100 households in Basu Nandanpur in 2011, 55 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basu Nandanpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****55%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****10%**

**75%

Use banking services ****45%**

**53%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

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 Basu Nandanpur?

■ Basu Nandanpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1072**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**948

Working population ****47.6%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.5% for men and 51.7% for women. 62% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 40 (27%) · **■** Other work 14 (9%) · **■** Marginal 70 (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 Sonamukhi

- Jamdoba366 people
- Jashra358 people
- Mach Doba323 people
- Rajgola322 people
- Kanaipur310 people
- Maitya300 people
- Bhabanipur298 people
- Chaulya295 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basu Nandanpur?315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basu Nandanpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basu Nandanpur?53.0% (Census 2011)