# Basanti Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Basanti

Basanti is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,361 people in 322 households**, the 35th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 1,361people (2011)
- 322households
- 78.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basanti

Of every 100 households in Basanti in 2011, 36 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basanti · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**70%

Tap water ****16%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**93%

Use banking services ****27%**

**25%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basanti?

■ Basanti · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**951

Working population ****36.2%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 71.6% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 183 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (35%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (7%) · **■** Marginal 105 (21%)

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 Kumarganj

- Sundarpur1,393 people
- Azadpur1,392 people
- Raynanda1,384 people
- Jantihari1,383 people
- Madhabpur1,332 people
- Daudpur1,299 people
- Dhadalpara1,297 people
- Amulia1,293 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basanti?1,361 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basanti in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basanti?78.7% (Census 2011)