# Basratpur Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Basratpur

Basratpur is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,755 people in 374 households**, the 59th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,755people (2011)
- 374households
- 58.0%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basratpur

Of every 100 households in Basratpur in 2011, 18 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basratpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**82%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**16%

Television ****10%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basratpur?

■ Basratpur · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.0%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**955

Working population ****42.9%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.1% for men and 47.4% for women. 51% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 225 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 223 (30%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 271 (36%)

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 Itahar

- Indran1,819 people
- Sridharpur1,816 people
- Chabhat1,798 people
- Rajkot1,792 people
- Sahabhita1,741 people
- Tilna1,694 people
- Kochpara1,679 people
- Asrafpur1,620 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basratpur?1,755 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basratpur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Basratpur?58.0% (Census 2011)