# Basoa Village, Rampurhat - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - II, Birbhum 

# Basoa

Basoa is a village in Rampurhat - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,511 people in 1,549 households**, the 4th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 5,511people (2011)
- 1,549households
- 71.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basoa

Of every 100 households in Basoa in 2011, 52 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basoa · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****76%**

**95%

Use banking services ****58%**

**27%

Television ****25%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****59%**

**56%

Own their home ****92%**

**91%

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 Basoa?

■ Basoa · ■ Rampurhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.7%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**942

Working population ****34.3%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 63.6% for women. 58% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 736 (39%) · **■** Household industry 490 (26%) · **■** Other work 425 (22%) · **■** Marginal 173 (9%)

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 Rampurhat - II

- Margram30,055 people
- Dunigram8,282 people
- Bara Karttik Chungri6,158 people
- Tarapur5,143 people
- Hazarpur4,634 people
- Tentulia4,340 people
- Sandhyajal3,811 people

[All 94 villages in Rampurhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basoa?5,511 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basoa in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basoa?71.7% (Census 2011)