# Basanta Chak Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Basanta Chak

Basanta Chak is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,825 people in 558 households**, the 30th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 2,825people (2011)
- 558households
- 67.2%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basanta Chak

Of every 100 households in Basanta Chak in 2011, 8 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basanta Chak · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****80%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**6%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**89%

Use banking services ****4%**

**31%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basanta Chak?

■ Basanta Chak · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**940

Working population ****36.0%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 56.9% for women. 51% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 194 (19%) · **■** Household industry 28 (3%) · **■** Other work 237 (23%) · **■** Marginal 347 (34%)

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 Moyna

- Garmayna3,174 people
- Ram Chak3,147 people
- Masum Chak3,055 people
- Banki2,942 people
- Dakshin Chanra Chak2,820 people
- Shri Brindaban Chak2,776 people
- Haridaspur2,701 people
- Naichhanpur2,677 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basanta Chak?2,825 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basanta Chak in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basanta Chak?67.2% (Census 2011)