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Basantapur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Binpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 165 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 840 of which 416 are males while 424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 11.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 1019 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 621, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Basantapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantapur village was 66.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 75.42 % while female literacy rate was 59.02 %.

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 165 - -
Population 840 416 424
Child (0-6) 94 58 36
Schedule Caste 693 346 347
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.89 % 75.42 % 59.02 %
Total Workers 313 211 102
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 285 193 92

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.50 % 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, 313 were engaged in work activities. 8.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.