# Bastupur Village, Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Bastupur

Bastupur is a village in Dantan - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **773 people in 181 households**, the 63rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.5%.

- 773people (2011)
- 181households
- 86.7%literacy
- 849females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bastupur

Of every 100 households in Bastupur in 2011, 88 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bastupur · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****88%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**17%

Tap water ****8%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**31%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****94%**

**60%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**14%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Bastupur?

■ Bastupur · ■ Dantan - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.7%**

**82.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****849**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****708**

**953

Working population ****34.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.2% for men and 75.7% for women. 61% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (43%) · **■** Other work 44 (16%) · **■** Marginal 25 (9%)

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 Dantan - II

- Sirni941 people
- Fatepur930 people
- Junia868 people
- Shyamsundarpur777 people
- Kautia744 people
- Mirjapur724 people
- Saipur719 people
- Digha702 people

[All 128 villages in Dantan - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bastupur?773 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bastupur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bastupur?86.7% (Census 2011)