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Basantapur Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Cooch Behar - II Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 287 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 1273 of which 674 are males while 599 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 889 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 1122, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basantapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantapur village was 73.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 79.83 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Basantapur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Basantapur village.

Basantapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 287 - -
Population 1,273 674 599
Child (0-6) 157 74 83
Schedule Caste 713 386 327
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.75 % 79.83 % 66.67 %
Total Workers 424 381 43
Main Worker 367 - -
Marginal Worker 57 32 25

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.01 % of total population in Basantapur village. The village Basantapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basantapur village out of total population, 424 were engaged in work activities. 86.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 424 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 142 were Agricultural labourer.