# Basur Chak Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Basur Chak

Basur Chak is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **944 people in 192 households**, the 49th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 944people (2011)
- 192households
- 67.9%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basur Chak

Of every 100 households in Basur Chak in 2011, 32 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Basur Chak · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**4%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****51%**

**38%

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 Basur Chak?

■ Basur Chak · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**950

Working population ****48.5%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 56.1% for women. 66% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 53 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 182 (40%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 210 (46%)

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 Canning - I

- Dakshin Kalikatala1,442 people
- Karkhanar Chak1,416 people
- Tengra Khali1,221 people
- Halapara1,174 people
- Kripa Khali614 people
- Sri Krishnapur550 people
- Kula Ghurani486 people
- Mandar Baria139 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basur Chak?944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basur Chak in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basur Chak?67.9% (Census 2011)