# Basilhat Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Basilhat

Basilhat is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,147 people in 238 households**, the 61st largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,147people (2011)
- 238households
- 70.5%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basilhat

Of every 100 households in Basilhat in 2011, 45 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basilhat · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****33%**

**42%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**34%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Basilhat?

■ Basilhat · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**944

Working population ****27.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 66.0% for women. 52% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (53%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 32 (10%) · **■** Marginal 6 (2%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Gagra1,337 people
- Daibhata1,184 people
- Harian1,174 people
- Jot Chandi1,169 people
- Srikrishnapur1,147 people
- Ramdebpur1,136 people
- Balidanga1,105 people
- Khurial1,084 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basilhat?1,147 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basilhat in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basilhat?70.5% (Census 2011)