# Basantapur Village, Sabang, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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

Village · Sabang, Paschim Medinipur 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Sabang sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **538 people in 122 households**, the 154th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 538people (2011)
- 122households
- 75.7%literacy
- 1,023females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 55 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Sabang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****55%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**16%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****94%**

**48%

Television ****12%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**0%

None of these assets ****9%**

**20%

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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Sabang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1023**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****872**

**952

Working population ****46.8%**

**59.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.6% for men and 67.2% for women. 62% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 21 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 24 (10%) · **■** Marginal 201 (80%)

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 Sabang

- Rambar559 people
- Dantardabatitaki550 people
- Gopal Chak550 people
- Khunkhunya542 people
- Masirya538 people
- Jalabindu530 people
- Ramchak517 people
- Bhikni Nischintapur505 people

[All 232 villages in Sabang](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/sabang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Sabang sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?75.7% (Census 2011)