# Basudebpur Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Basudebpur

Basudebpur is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,285 people in 321 households**, the 34th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 1,285people (2011)
- 321households
- 68.5%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basudebpur

Of every 100 households in Basudebpur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basudebpur · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**38%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**70%

Use banking services ****90%**

**68%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****90%**

**96%

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 · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**976

Working population ****37.7%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 59.2% for women. 64% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 65 (13%) · **■** Marginal 141 (29%)

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 Kanksa

- Rupganj1,372 people
- Sokna1,371 people
- Manikara1,348 people
- Sundiara1,300 people
- Bankati1,255 people
- Kandarkona1,253 people
- Radhamohanpur1,174 people
- Piariganj1,146 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basudebpur?1,285 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basudebpur in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basudebpur?68.5% (Census 2011)