# Basantapur Village, Suti - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Suti - II, Murshidabad 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Suti - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,210 people in 406 households**, the 17th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 48.4%.

- 2,210people (2011)
- 406households
- 46.9%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Suti - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**38%

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

**2%

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

**87%

Use banking services ****6%**

**42%

Television ****6%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 · ■ Suti - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.9%**

**48.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**977

Working population ****50.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.5% for men and 40.2% for women. 51% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 343 (31%) · **■** Household industry 191 (17%) · **■** Other work 4 (0%) · **■** Marginal 460 (42%)

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 Suti - II

- Nezampur2,830 people
- Madupur2,747 people
- Lokaipur2,698 people
- Kayadanga2,686 people
- Faridpur2,079 people
- Parulia1,959 people
- Kadamtala1,932 people
- Manikpur1,171 people

[All 35 villages in Suti - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/suti-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?2,210 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Murshidabad district (Suti - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?46.9% (Census 2011)