# Basahari Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Basahari

Basahari is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,709 people in 410 households**, the 28th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 1,709people (2011)
- 410households
- 70.9%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basahari

Of every 100 households in Basahari in 2011, 51 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basahari · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****49%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**14%

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

**3%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****91%**

**51%

Television ****17%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Basahari?

■ Basahari · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1032**

**980

Working population ****36.8%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 60.6% for women. 60% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 25 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 590 (94%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Kuita1,769 people
- Bakreswar1,741 people
- Jophlai1,729 people
- Loba1,718 people
- Bodhgram1,705 people
- Jatra1,623 people
- Kantari1,568 people
- Sirsa1,565 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basahari?1,709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basahari in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basahari?70.9% (Census 2011)