# Basantapur Village, Balagarh, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balagarh, Hugli 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Balagarh sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **387 people in 87 households**, the 109th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 387people (2011)
- 87households
- 83.5%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Balagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**17%

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

**9%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****11%**

**48%

Television ****7%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Balagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.5%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****680**

**948

Working population ****43.9%**

**41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 76.7% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 87 (51%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (31%) · **■** Other work 10 (6%) · **■** Marginal 21 (12%)

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 Balagarh

- Benepukur412 people
- Belgachhi408 people
- Alisa Garia390 people
- Arazi Bhabanipur387 people
- Gournagar387 people
- Rampur356 people
- Gaipara345 people
- Bara Nekua341 people

[All 132 villages in Balagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/balagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Hugli district (Balagarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?83.5% (Census 2011)