# Basbera Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Basbera

Basbera is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **578 people in 117 households**, the 115th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 578people (2011)
- 117households
- 70.1%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basbera

Of every 100 households in Basbera in 2011, 30 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basbera · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****3%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****63%**

**41%

Television ****17%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basbera?

■ Basbera · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**957

Working population ****54.5%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 53.5% for women. 56% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 297 (94%)

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 Barabazar

- Bamu620 people
- Pathraghata619 people
- Sasangdih614 people
- Badhadih582 people
- Babuijor574 people
- Gourdih574 people
- Gurda569 people
- Rajdaha569 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basbera?578 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basbera in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basbera?70.1% (Census 2011)