# Lot No 126 Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Lot No 126

Lot No 126 is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15,695 people in 3,820 households**, the 1st largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 15,695people (2011)
- 3,820households
- 80.9%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Lot No 126

Of every 100 households in Lot No 126 in 2011, 1 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Lot No 126 · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**95%

Use banking services ****15%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**46%

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 Lot No 126?

■ Lot No 126 · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1026**

**971

Working population ****38.2%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.2% for men and 72.8% for women. 57% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,453 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 968 (16%) · **■** Household industry 73 (1%) · **■** Other work 1,158 (19%) · **■** Marginal 2,351 (39%)

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

- Bhangonkhali15,127 people
- Phul Malancha14,614 people
- Kathalberia14,113 people
- Char Bidyarabad13,035 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 Lot No 126?15,695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lot No 126 in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Lot No 126?80.9% (Census 2011)