# Basantapur Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,150 people in 277 households**, the 55th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,150people (2011)
- 277households
- 58.5%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**85%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**25%

Television ****0%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**964

Working population ****32.1%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.8% for men and 52.8% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 48 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 105 (28%) · **■** Household industry 7 (2%) · **■** Other work 21 (6%) · **■** Marginal 188 (51%)

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 Murarai - II

- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,339 people
- Khutkhali1,305 people
- Math Karamja1,245 people
- Aral Basti1,208 people
- Deluha1,068 people
- Dwariapur1,062 people
- Kichai1,024 people
- Birori981 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?58.5% (Census 2011)