# Basantapur Village, Ramnagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,364 people in 289 households**, the 43rd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,364people (2011)
- 289households
- 85.8%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 47 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**3%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****80%**

**51%

Television ****14%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

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

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**929

Working population ****35.3%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.3% for men and 78.3% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 14 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 95 (20%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 266 (55%) · **■** Marginal 105 (22%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Alankarpur1,481 people
- Tengramari1,460 people
- Padima1,458 people
- Saiyadpur1,383 people
- Gangpura1,344 people
- Bagmari1,271 people
- Kulbudhi1,259 people
- Mandala1,220 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?85.8% (Census 2011)