# Basantapur Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,058 people in 221 households**, the 74th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,058people (2011)
- 221households
- 80.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**36%

Tap water ****22%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**25%

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

**9%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****13%**

**49%

Television ****22%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****867**

**952

Working population ****42.5%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 73.5% for women. 60% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 87 (19%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 108 (24%) · **■** Marginal 142 (32%)

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 Jangipara

- Satghara1,093 people
- Palgachha1,075 people
- Kanaipur1,074 people
- Jhanda1,061 people
- Raipur1,032 people
- Soari1,029 people
- Lohagachhi1,028 people
- Nikash1,014 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,058 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?80.7% (Census 2011)