# Basantapur Village, Bhagawangola - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Bhagawangola - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,904 people in 622 households**, the 23rd largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.8%.

- 2,904people (2011)
- 622households
- 55.0%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**69%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**29%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**43%

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

**2%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**29%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 · ■ Bhagawangola - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.0%**

**66.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**961

Working population ****30.0%**

**31.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.2% for men and 55.7% for women. 55% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (20%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 541 (62%) · **■** Marginal 45 (5%)

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 Bhagawangola - I

- Madapur3,258 people
- Barbaria3,169 people
- Kismattatla3,045 people
- Naodapara2,932 people
- Balia Hasennagar2,734 people
- Paschim Gobindapur2,677 people
- Sultanpur2,458 people
- Chandipur Ramkantapur2,438 people

[All 60 villages in Bhagawangola - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/bhagawangola-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?2,904 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Murshidabad district (Bhagawangola - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?55.0% (Census 2011)