# Basantapur Village, Manbazar - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - II, Puruliya 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Manbazar - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,347 people in 265 households**, the 16th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.3%.

- 1,347people (2011)
- 265households
- 58.5%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 12 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****39%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Manbazar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**60.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1042**

**949

Working population ****54.6%**

**53.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.2% for men and 43.2% for women. 53% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 97 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 346 (47%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 29 (4%) · **■** Marginal 260 (35%)

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 Manbazar - II

- Poradi1,503 people
- Bara Mamro1,477 people
- Golapara1,396 people
- Chaukan1,354 people
- Nalkundi1,327 people
- Kumari1,288 people
- Jargarya1,266 people
- Purdaha1,231 people

[All 136 villages in Manbazar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,347 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?58.5% (Census 2011)