# Basipur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Basipur

Basipur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,062 people in 280 households**, the 117th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,062people (2011)
- 280households
- 72.0%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basipur

Of every 100 households in Basipur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 35 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Basipur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**52%

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

**50%

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

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**84%

Use banking services ****82%**

**58%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Basipur?

■ Basipur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1262**

**962

Working population ****58.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 62.4% for women. 67% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (24%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (5%) · **■** Marginal 385 (62%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Dakshin Sankarpur1,094 people
- Uttar Sankarpur1,090 people
- Chhota Khanpur1,083 people
- Kankrakuli1,075 people
- Chinagari1,052 people
- Satidaha1,052 people
- Gobarara1,045 people
- Nimdanga1,044 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basipur?1,062 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basipur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basipur?72.0% (Census 2011)