# Sarada Basan Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Sarada Basan

Sarada Basan is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,666 people in 366 households**, the 56th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,666people (2011)
- 366households
- 76.9%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sarada Basan

Of every 100 households in Sarada Basan in 2011, 32 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sarada Basan · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****58%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****46%**

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**44%

Television ****11%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Sarada Basan?

■ Sarada Basan · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.9%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1128**

**942

Working population ****36.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 70.2% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 54 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 157 (26%) · **■** Marginal 362 (60%)

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 Kolaghat

- Kayadangi1,874 people
- Gopal Nagar1,860 people
- Nijkhayra1,829 people
- Baishnab Chak1,760 people
- Patharia1,665 people
- Kismat Khayra1,638 people
- Ramchandrapur1,541 people
- Baksitala1,501 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sarada Basan?1,666 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sarada Basan in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sarada Basan?76.9% (Census 2011)