Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur
# Basta

Basta is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,839 people in 363 households, the 63rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.
- 1,839 people (2011)
- 363 households
- 33.2% literacy
- 916 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basta

Of every 100 households in Basta in 2011, 30 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basta · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 30% 29%
- Toilet within the home 2% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 98% 87%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 37%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 91%
- Use banking services 68% 20%
- Television 9% 8%
- Mobile phone 27% 28%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 46% 35%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Basta?

■ Basta · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 33.2% 41.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 916 919
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1027 950
- Working population 27.4% 31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.6% for men and 27.2% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 25 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 210 (42%) · ■ Other work 25 (5%) · ■ Marginal 244 (48%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Goalpokhar - I
- Intia 2,029 people
- Biprit 1,991 people
- Bahar 1,874 people
- Kamalpur 1,867 people
- Unatiagachh 1,818 people
- Purbba Keladanta 1,749 people
- Paschim Goti 1,686 people
- Dakshin Khotasur 1,673 people

All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I

## Other places named Basta
- Basta · Sub-district, Baleshwar · 151,915 people
- Basta · Town, Bijnor · 8,697 people
- Basta · Village, Tirwa, Kannauj · 5,870 people
- Basta · Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia · 3,074 people
- Basta · Village, Thakurgangti, Godda · 1,368 people
- Basta · Village, Tharthari, Nalanda · 1,229 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Basta? 1,839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basta in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basta? 33.2% (Census 2011)

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