# Dakshin Basantapur Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Dakshin Basantapur

Dakshin Basantapur is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **736 people in 178 households**, the 77th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 736people (2011)
- 178households
- 67.4%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Basantapur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Basantapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**27%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**91%

Use banking services ****19%**

**42%

Television ****22%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**34%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Dakshin Basantapur?

■ Dakshin Basantapur · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**944

Working population ****31.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 67.1% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 61 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 116 (49%) · **■** Other work 26 (11%) · **■** Marginal 32 (14%)

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

- Nonator915 people
- Gobindapur855 people
- Baratar757 people
- Bagchara755 people
- Jamgachhi736 people
- Balarampur Kaliapara715 people
- Sitalpur Dilalpur698 people
- Matipur683 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Basantapur?736 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Basantapur in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Basantapur?67.4% (Census 2011)