# Laskarpur Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Laskarpur

Laskarpur is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,600 people in 638 households**, the 47th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,600people (2011)
- 638households
- 78.6%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Laskarpur

Of every 100 households in Laskarpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Laskarpur · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**95%

Use banking services ****26%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****42%**

**46%

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 Laskarpur?

■ Laskarpur · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.6%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**971

Working population ****44.1%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 70.5% for women. 55% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 209 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 369 (32%) · **■** Household industry 81 (7%) · **■** Other work 172 (15%) · **■** Marginal 316 (28%)

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 Basanti

- Ranigar2,973 people
- Harekrishnapur2,905 people
- Parandar2,693 people
- Kumirmari2,644 people
- Charanikhali2,316 people
- Matgaran2,308 people
- Krishnagar2,237 people
- Sibganj2,226 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Laskarpur?2,600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Laskarpur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Laskarpur?78.6% (Census 2011)