# Basumati Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Basumati

Basumati is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **653 people in 154 households**, the 70th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 653people (2011)
- 154households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,162females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basumati

Of every 100 households in Basumati in 2011, 15 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basumati · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**59%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

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

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****5%**

**89%

Use banking services ****1%**

**25%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****72%**

**38%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Basumati?

■ Basumati · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1162**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**977

Working population ****25.0%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 63.9% for women. 42% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (86%) · **■** Household industry 7 (4%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 4 (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 Lalgola

- Krishnapur797 people
- Jhau Danga772 people
- Ramnabag Sarai712 people
- Deoan Sarai663 people
- Rampal648 people
- Simulia621 people
- Radhakantapur580 people
- Haripur531 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basumati?653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basumati in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basumati?71.8% (Census 2011)