# Rani Basan Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Rani Basan

Rani Basan is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,167 people in 267 households**, the 41st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,167people (2011)
- 267households
- 78.3%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rani Basan

Of every 100 households in Rani Basan in 2011, 56 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rani Basan · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**5%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****94%**

**96%

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 Rani Basan?

■ Rani Basan · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**956

Working population ****39.4%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 69.4% for women. 56% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 77 (17%) · **■** Other work 117 (25%) · **■** Marginal 229 (50%)

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 Contai - I

- Daudpur1,242 people
- Alalpur1,196 people
- Kulbaria1,194 people
- Dulalpur1,191 people
- Krishnachak1,158 people
- Karanji1,141 people
- Durgapur1,127 people
- Pota Pokhuria Anantarautba1,103 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rani Basan?1,167 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rani Basan in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Rani Basan?78.3% (Census 2011)