# Basna Benapur Village, Deganga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Basna Benapur

Basna Benapur is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,862 people in 844 households**, the 28th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 3,862people (2011)
- 844households
- 86.1%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basna Benapur

Of every 100 households in Basna Benapur in 2011, 40 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basna Benapur · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****58%**

**42%

Television ****10%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Basna Benapur?

■ Basna Benapur · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.1%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**969

Working population ****35.4%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.5% for men and 81.4% for women. 58% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 178 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 339 (25%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 548 (40%) · **■** Marginal 301 (22%)

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 Deganga

- Shwetpur3,989 people
- Gobardhanpur3,985 people
- Dogachhia3,915 people
- Kamdebkati3,893 people
- Singherati3,834 people
- Sathatia3,592 people
- Bara Gachhia3,388 people
- Deganga3,377 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basna Benapur?3,862 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basna Benapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basna Benapur?86.1% (Census 2011)