# Basantapur Village, Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - II, Koch Bihar 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Cooch Behar - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,273 people in 287 households**, the 64th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 1,273people (2011)
- 287households
- 73.7%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**30%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**79%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****13%**

**35%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**31%

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 · ■ Cooch Behar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**908

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1122**

**966

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 66.7% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 182 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 57 (13%)

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 Cooch Behar - II

- Konamali Pestharjhar1,389 people
- Nageswarguri1,356 people
- Jajna Narayanerkuthi1,291 people
- Baraibari Pratham Khanda1,280 people
- Chhota Rangras1,245 people
- Madhupur1,207 people
- Chhagalber1,176 people
- Maralautara1,103 people

[All 111 villages in Cooch Behar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,273 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?73.7% (Census 2011)