Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia
# Basta

Basta is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 3,074 people in 707 households, the 36th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.
- 3,074 people (2011)
- 707 households
- 79.9% literacy
- 958 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basta

Of every 100 households in Basta in 2011, 53 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basta · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average
- Electricity for lighting 53% 48%
- Toilet within the home 83% 83%
- No toilet (open defecation) 17% 15%
- Tap water 1% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 85% 80%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 12% 8%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 88%
- Use banking services 54% 42%
- Television 27% 28%
- Mobile phone 56% 47%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 6% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 16% 20%
- Own their home 98% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Basta?

■ Basta · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.9% 78.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 958 939
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1112 956
- Working population 30.0% 34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 74.1% for women. 57% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 303 (33%) · ■ Farm labourers 346 (37%) · ■ Household industry 11 (1%) · ■ Other work 239 (26%) · ■ Marginal 24 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ranaghat - II
- Kanibamani 3,313 people
- Raghunathpur 3,277 people
- Patuli 3,189 people
- Hosenpur 3,130 people
- Jafar Nagar 3,048 people
- Baidyapur 3,044 people
- Maijdia 2,989 people
- Ghola 2,949 people

All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II

## Other places named Basta
- Basta · Sub-district, Baleshwar · 151,915 people
- Basta · Town, Bijnor · 8,697 people
- Basta · Village, Tirwa, Kannauj · 5,870 people
- Basta · Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur · 1,839 people
- Basta · Village, Thakurgangti, Godda · 1,368 people
- Basta · Village, Tharthari, Nalanda · 1,229 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Basta? 3,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basta in? Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basta? 79.9% (Census 2011)

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