# Basantapur Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,550 people in 387 households**, the 65th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,550people (2011)
- 387households
- 70.2%literacy
- 904females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 21 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**16%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****54%**

**27%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****39%**

**53%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****904**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1119**

**960

Working population ****34.0%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 63.2% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 254 (48%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (7%) · **■** Marginal 132 (25%)

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 Khargram

- Punia1,644 people
- Pathai1,619 people
- Mandalsar1,580 people
- Augram1,572 people
- Kesiadanga1,542 people
- Bharata1,530 people
- Siata1,478 people
- Bathur1,472 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,550 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?70.2% (Census 2011)