# Basantapur Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **752 people in 169 households**, the 115th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 752people (2011)
- 169households
- 71.6%literacy
- 948females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 86 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**16%

Tap water ****4%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**86%

Use banking services ****56%**

**38%

Television ****63%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**19%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****948**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**937

Working population ****47.2%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 64.8% for women. 62% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 18 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 121 (34%) · **■** Marginal 203 (57%)

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 Chakdah

- Bagrabpur840 people
- Muktipara824 people
- Raghabpur821 people
- Kalipur765 people
- Chaku Danga703 people
- Bhatpara658 people
- Chaktarinipur598 people
- Nizra580 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?752 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?71.6% (Census 2011)