# Prasannakati Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Prasannakati

Prasannakati is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,463 people in 536 households**, the 25th largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 2,463people (2011)
- 536households
- 74.6%literacy
- 1,016females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Prasannakati

Of every 100 households in Prasannakati in 2011, 28 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Prasannakati · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**70%

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

**25%

Tap water ****41%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**29%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**26%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Prasannakati?

■ Prasannakati · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1016**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1178**

**953

Working population ****37.0%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 71.1% for women. 62% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 188 (21%) · **■** Household industry 40 (4%) · **■** Other work 237 (26%) · **■** Marginal 353 (39%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Shankchura2,548 people
- Shwetpur2,538 people
- Nimdari2,512 people
- Anantapur2,508 people
- Paschim Madhyampur2,443 people
- Biramnagar2,379 people
- Shankarpur2,262 people
- Zanmamudpur2,256 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Prasannakati?2,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Prasannakati in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Prasannakati?74.6% (Census 2011)