# Basantapur Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,853 people in 407 households**, the 21st largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,853people (2011)
- 407households
- 62.8%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**87%

Use banking services ****41%**

**62%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.8%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**985

Working population ****37.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.2% for men and 53.0% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 203 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 316 (45%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 138 (20%) · **■** Marginal 42 (6%)

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 Vishnupur

- Baramara2,061 people
- Narikala2,056 people
- Benda1,923 people
- Naer1,887 people
- Amral1,819 people
- Amdahara1,751 people
- Gumut1,723 people
- Kharkata1,669 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?62.8% (Census 2011)