# Basanta Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Basanta

Basanta is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **588 people in 141 households**, the 58th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 588people (2011)
- 141households
- 78.2%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basanta

Of every 100 households in Basanta in 2011, 56 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basanta · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**54%

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

**5%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****11%**

**36%

Television ****40%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basanta?

■ Basanta · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****774**

**966

Working population ****32.5%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 69.5% for women. 55% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (30%) · **■** Household industry 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 43 (23%)

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 Hilli

- Chaksubid640 people
- Goyespur639 people
- Salash638 people
- Jantipur615 people
- Uttar Jamalpur584 people
- Kunja Dungi566 people
- Chak Balaram519 people
- Sidai465 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basanta?588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basanta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basanta?78.2% (Census 2011)