# Basipota Village, Serampur Uttarpara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Serampur Uttarpara, Hugli 

# Basipota

Basipota is a village in Serampur Uttarpara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **958 people in 233 households**, the 12th largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.0%.

- 958people (2011)
- 233households
- 81.7%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basipota

Of every 100 households in Basipota in 2011, 86 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Basipota · ■ Serampur Uttarpara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**86%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**13%

Tap water ****48%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**55%

Use banking services ****64%**

**51%

Television ****64%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**7%

Own their home ****96%**

**88%

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 Basipota?

■ Basipota · ■ Serampur Uttarpara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.7%**

**83.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**1029

Working population ****36.3%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.1% for men and 78.6% for women. 60% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 12 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (7%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 143 (41%) · **■** Marginal 164 (47%)

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 Serampur Uttarpara

- Bhadua2,236 people
- Jagannathpur1,887 people
- Uttar Rajyadharpur1,634 people
- Chapsara1,435 people
- Madpur815 people

[All 15 villages in Serampur Uttarpara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/serampur-uttarpara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basipota?958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basipota in?Hugli district (Serampur Uttarpara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basipota?81.7% (Census 2011)