# Basantabar Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Basantabar

Basantabar is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **748 people in 167 households**, the 142nd largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 748people (2011)
- 167households
- 89.5%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantabar

Of every 100 households in Basantabar in 2011, 86 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantabar · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****86%**

**63%

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

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****12%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****37%**

**36%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basantabar?

■ Basantabar · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.5%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1105**

**949

Working population ****42.9%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.0% for men and 83.2% for women. 62% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (13%) · **■** Household industry 53 (17%) · **■** Other work 74 (23%) · **■** Marginal 149 (46%)

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 Panskura

- Radhaballavpur782 people
- Bikra Chandangerya775 people
- Dumdan768 people
- Mahadol Rupchak764 people
- Chhenyagar746 people
- Paramananda Chak741 people
- Uryagar737 people
- Shanktikri722 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantabar?748 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantabar in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantabar?89.5% (Census 2011)