# Basantapur Village, Chandrakona - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Chandrakona - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **481 people in 101 households**, the 82nd largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.0%.

- 481people (2011)
- 101households
- 70.7%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**35%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**63%

Tap water ****0%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****0%**

**54%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**20%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 · ■ Chandrakona - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**77.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**974

Working population ****38.9%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 63.3% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 45 (24%)

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 Chandrakona - II

- Barasat530 people
- Raghunathpur526 people
- Arajipirchak483 people
- Dhunrabila483 people
- Barnia479 people
- Raniganj476 people
- Narua475 people
- Bachka473 people

[All 131 villages in Chandrakona - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?70.7% (Census 2011)