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Basantapur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 271 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 1142 of which 597 are males while 545 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 13.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 913 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 854, 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 70.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 77.09 % while female literacy rate was 63.58 %.

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 271 - -
Population 1,142 597 545
Child (0-6) 152 82 70
Schedule Caste 426 218 208
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.61 % 77.09 % 63.58 %
Total Workers 450 334 116
Main Worker 421 - -
Marginal Worker 29 3 26

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.30 % 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. 93.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 450 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 148 were Agricultural labourer.