# Dakshin Basantapur Village, Goalpokhar - I – Population

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Dakshin Basantapur

Dakshin Basantapur is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,424 people in 446 households**, the 43rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 2,424people (2011)
- 446households
- 47.4%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Basantapur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Basantapur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**37%

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

**1%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****1%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**35%

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 Dakshin Basantapur?

■ Dakshin Basantapur · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.4%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**950

Working population ****30.1%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.2% for men and 36.9% for women. 44% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 282 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 236 (32%) · **■** Household industry 41 (6%) · **■** Other work 25 (3%) · **■** Marginal 145 (20%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Chordhappa2,741 people
- Madhya Sahapur2,672 people
- Paschim Keladanta2,543 people
- Lalkunri2,450 people
- Pokharia Dargabasti2,352 people
- Tilan2,317 people
- Pachra2,314 people
- Chunihar2,303 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Basantapur?2,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Basantapur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Basantapur?47.4% (Census 2011)