# Basantapur Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **124 people in 31 households**, the 284th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 124people (2011)
- 31households
- 59.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****43%**

**42%

Television ****3%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**970

Working population ****50.0%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 49.1% for women. 56% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (5%) · **■** Other work 5 (8%) · **■** Marginal 54 (87%)

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 - II

- Mamudpur130 people
- Dakshin Markundapur129 people
- Barghasiram127 people
- Banamalichak126 people
- Rasunchak123 people
- Kismatkapasgerya122 people
- Kaluchak119 people
- Satdhipa119 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?59.1% (Census 2011)