# Basudebpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Basudebpur

Basudebpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **555 people in 131 households**, the 105th largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 555people (2011)
- 131households
- 63.6%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basudebpur

Of every 100 households in Basudebpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basudebpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**35%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****5%**

**75%

Use banking services ****89%**

**53%

Television ****20%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Basudebpur?

■ Basudebpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**948

Working population ****49.0%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 57.8% for women. 65% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (65%) · **■** Other work 39 (14%) · **■** Marginal 6 (2%)

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

- Merashol585 people
- Ratnapur567 people
- Baharpur565 people
- Hikimband558 people
- Nabagram549 people
- Jaynagar546 people
- Gopalpur522 people
- Baghmari515 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basudebpur?555 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basudebpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basudebpur?63.6% (Census 2011)