# Basulat Village, Falta – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Falta, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Basulat

Basulat is a village in Falta sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,963 people in 1,211 households**, the 3rd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.5%.

- 4,963people (2011)
- 1,211households
- 79.2%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basulat

Of every 100 households in Basulat in 2011, 64 had electricity, 62 a toilet at home and 17 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basulat · ■ Falta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****62%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**49%

Tap water ****34%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****17%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**91%

Use banking services ****60%**

**37%

Television ****47%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**37%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Basulat?

■ Basulat · ■ Falta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.2%**

**76.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**965

Working population ****38.6%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 73.3% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 141 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 153 (8%) · **■** Household industry 53 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,168 (61%) · **■** Marginal 402 (21%)

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 Falta

- Rajarampur7,548 people
- Zafarpur6,457 people
- Chaluary4,708 people
- Chandideul4,631 people
- Banganagar4,469 people
- Belsingha4,401 people

[All 129 villages in Falta](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/falta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basulat?4,963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basulat in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Falta sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basulat?79.2% (Census 2011)