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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Basuria

Basuria is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,344 people in 812 households**, the 10th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 3,344people (2011)
- 812households
- 66.6%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basuria

Of every 100 households in Basuria in 2011, 33 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basuria · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****35%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****65%**

**75%

Tap water ****13%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****46%**

**26%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Basuria?

■ Basuria · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.6%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**954

Working population ****47.3%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 61.5% for women. 60% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 388 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 525 (33%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 97 (6%) · **■** Marginal 568 (36%)

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

- Lakshmipur3,933 people
- Bhaior3,716 people
- Kardaha3,577 people
- Shukdebpur3,560 people
- Hazaratpur3,225 people
- Bhikahar3,070 people
- Tapan2,796 people
- Mamudpur2,658 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basuria?3,344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basuria in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basuria?66.6% (Census 2011)