# Basuldanga Village, Diamond Harbour - I – Population

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Village · Diamond Harbour - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Basuldanga

Basuldanga is a village in Diamond Harbour - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,749 people in 379 households**, the 35th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,749people (2011)
- 379households
- 68.1%literacy
- 1,006females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basuldanga

Of every 100 households in Basuldanga in 2011, 29 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basuldanga · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**40%

Tap water ****9%**

**3%

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

**1%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****30%**

**34%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**44%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Basuldanga?

■ Basuldanga · ■ Diamond Harbour - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.1%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1006**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**977

Working population ****34.4%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 63.7% for women. 56% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (18%) · **■** Other work 446 (74%) · **■** Marginal 40 (7%)

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 Diamond Harbour - I

- Dagira1,841 people
- Nudia1,838 people
- Parulia1,825 people
- Purba Durgapur1,784 people
- Chousa1,692 people
- Bhogpunji1,660 people
- Kalicharanpur1,660 people
- Matra1,587 people

[All 68 villages in Diamond Harbour - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/diamond-harbour-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basuldanga?1,749 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basuldanga in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Diamond Harbour - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basuldanga?68.1% (Census 2011)