# Basan Chak Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Basan Chak

Basan Chak is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,435 people in 269 households**, the 47th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,435people (2011)
- 269households
- 76.2%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basan Chak

Of every 100 households in Basan Chak in 2011, 42 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basan Chak · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****89%**

**58%

Television ****6%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Basan Chak?

■ Basan Chak · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**960

Working population ****44.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 62.1% for women. 61% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 88 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 217 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 307 (49%)

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 Keshpur

- Kharika1,459 people
- Khetua1,455 people
- Pitambar Chak1,451 people
- Mamudpur1,438 people
- Akmura1,421 people
- Pipurda1,418 people
- Beldoba1,417 people
- Teghari1,393 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basan Chak?1,435 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basan Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basan Chak?76.2% (Census 2011)