# Basudebpur Village, Harischandrapur - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Harischandrapur - II, Maldah 

# Basudebpur

Basudebpur is a village in Harischandrapur - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,652 people in 297 households**, the 45th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.3%.

- 1,652people (2011)
- 297households
- 67.8%literacy
- 899females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basudebpur

Of every 100 households in Basudebpur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basudebpur · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**15%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basudebpur?

■ Basudebpur · ■ Harischandrapur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.8%**

**54.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****899**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****799**

**957

Working population ****34.0%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 65.0% for women. 52% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (35%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 61 (11%) · **■** Marginal 146 (26%)

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 Harischandrapur - II

- Chaksatan1,754 people
- Dahara1,733 people
- Hariharpur1,696 people
- Degun1,665 people
- Gaushpur1,609 people
- Maharapara1,597 people
- Samukha1,577 people
- Sahapur1,498 people

[All 74 villages in Harischandrapur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/harischandrapur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basudebpur?1,652 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basudebpur in?Maldah district (Harischandrapur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basudebpur?67.8% (Census 2011)