# Basantapur, Haringhata, Nadia – Population & Literacy

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Village · Haringhata, Nadia 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in [Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/) sub-district of [Nadia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,301 people in 278 households**, the 58th largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,301people (2011)
- 278households
- 79.3%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Haringhata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**12%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**67%

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

**8%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****48%**

**43%

Television ****28%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 · ■ Haringhata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.3%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****735**

**960

Working population ****33.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.5% for men and 73.7% for women. 61% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (28%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 124 (28%) · **■** Marginal 157 (36%)

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 Haringhata

- Bamunbaria1,449 people
- Hazrabelia1,416 people
- Hatikanda1,401 people
- Panchkahania1,400 people
- Santoshpur1,280 people
- Par Majdia1,231 people
- Paschim Satbaria1,215 people
- Thansara1,182 people

[All 83 villages in Haringhata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/haringhata/villages/)

## Other places named Basantapur

- Basantapur · Town, Haora · 13,183 people
- Basantapur · Village, Nanpara, Bahraich · 5,440 people
- Basantapur · Village, Bhagawangola - I, Murshidabad · 2,904 people
- Basantapur · Village, Dhaurahara, Kheri · 2,445 people
- Basantapur · Village, Suti - II, Murshidabad · 2,210 people
- Basantapur · Village, Bamebari, Kendujhar · 2,205 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,301 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Nadia district (Haringhata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?79.3% (Census 2011)