# Basantapur Village, Daspur - I – Population & Literacy

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/basantapur/

Village · Daspur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Daspur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,789 people in 375 households**, the 29th largest of 157 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.0%.

- 1,789people (2011)
- 375households
- 87.8%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**38%

Tap water ****69%**

**23%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**59%

Television ****50%**

**36%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**55%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**13%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 · ■ Daspur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.8%**

**84.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****743**

**972

Working population ****35.0%**

**41.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 81.0% for women. 62% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 143 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 160 (26%) · **■** Household industry 63 (10%) · **■** Other work 190 (30%) · **■** Marginal 71 (11%)

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 Daspur - I

- Danikola1,882 people
- Barasimulia1,873 people
- Chak Bualia1,792 people
- Dadpur1,790 people
- Kunjapur1,783 people
- Gurli1,775 people
- Dharmma1,759 people
- Karuna Chak1,701 people

[All 162 villages in Daspur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,789 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?87.8% (Census 2011)