# Basakbari Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Basakbari

Basakbari is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **615 people in 149 households**, the 146th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 615people (2011)
- 149households
- 60.6%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basakbari

Of every 100 households in Basakbari in 2011, 38 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basakbari · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****1%**

**26%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Basakbari?

■ Basakbari · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1379**

**954

Working population ****30.6%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.7% for men and 52.7% for women. 50% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 38 (20%)

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 Tapan

- Gangarampur635 people
- Ganguria631 people
- Kamalpur623 people
- Daudpur617 people
- Jashrai609 people
- Baneswarbati608 people
- Nedair607 people
- Jasurapara602 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basakbari?615 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basakbari in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basakbari?60.6% (Census 2011)