# Basantapur Village, Jamalpur, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamalpur, Barddhaman 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Jamalpur sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,918 people in 466 households**, the 55th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.1%.

- 1,918people (2011)
- 466households
- 63.1%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**48%

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

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**46%

Tap water ****2%**

**11%

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

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**84%

Use banking services ****94%**

**65%

Television ****23%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Jamalpur rural average

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

**74.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**982

Working population ****49.1%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 56.8% for women. 65% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 127 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 671 (71%) · **■** Other work 36 (4%) · **■** Marginal 108 (11%)

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 Jamalpur

- Mahishgaria2,137 people
- Bahadurpur2,098 people
- Betragar2,091 people
- Mayna2,000 people
- Gureghar1,910 people
- Sonar Garia1,906 people
- Amarpur1,898 people
- Dattapara1,869 people

[All 123 villages in Jamalpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/jamalpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,918 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Barddhaman district (Jamalpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?63.1% (Census 2011)