# Basudebpur Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Basudebpur

Basudebpur is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **501 people in 117 households**, the 111th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 501people (2011)
- 117households
- 85.8%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basudebpur

Of every 100 households in Basudebpur in 2011, 62 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basudebpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****39%**

**46%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basudebpur?

■ Basudebpur · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.8%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**932

Working population ****43.3%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 77.6% for women. 57% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (21%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 11 (5%) · **■** Marginal 82 (38%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Nilapur514 people
- Ramchak512 people
- Pitambarpur509 people
- Gopalband506 people
- Chak Sagar496 people
- Nankar Kadamgerya486 people
- Naria Naria478 people
- Purulia472 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basudebpur?501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basudebpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basudebpur?85.8% (Census 2011)