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Basantapur Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Jangipara Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 221 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 1058 of which 541 are males while 517 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 13.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 867, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Basantapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantapur village was 80.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 87.77 % while female literacy rate was 73.45 %.

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 221 - -
Population 1,058 541 517
Child (0-6) 140 75 65
Schedule Caste 350 163 187
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.72 % 87.77 % 73.45 %
Total Workers 450 324 126
Main Worker 308 - -
Marginal Worker 142 27 115

Caste Factor

Basantapur village of Hugli has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.08 % 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, 450 were engaged in work activities. 68.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 450 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.