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Basantapur Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Basantapur is a small village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 31 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 124 of which 63 are males while 61 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 9 which makes up 7.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 800, 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 59.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 68.97 % while female literacy rate was 49.12 %.

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 31 - -
Population 124 63 61
Child (0-6) 9 5 4
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 70 34 36
Literacy 59.13 % 68.97 % 49.12 %
Total Workers 62 35 27
Main Worker 8 - -
Marginal Worker 54 28 26

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 56.45 % of total population in Basantapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basantapur village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Basantapur village out of total population, 62 were engaged in work activities. 12.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 62 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.