# Basantapur Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,142 people in 271 households**, the 37th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 1,142people (2011)
- 271households
- 70.6%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 48 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**41%

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

**9%

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

**83%

Use banking services ****46%**

**46%

Television ****20%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****854**

**971

Working population ****39.4%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.1% for men and 63.6% for women. 56% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 183 (41%) · **■** Marginal 29 (6%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Bargai1,291 people
- Porapara1,233 people
- Rajpura1,146 people
- Dewanmara Ayma1,145 people
- Balarampur1,133 people
- Kanthra1,112 people
- Khemasoli1,108 people
- Samraipur1,042 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,142 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?70.6% (Census 2011)