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Basantapur Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Jamalpur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 466 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 1918 of which 959 are males while 959 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 9.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 1000 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 948, 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 63.14 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 69.52 % while female literacy rate was 56.80 %.

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 466 - -
Population 1,918 959 959
Child (0-6) 187 96 91
Schedule Caste 665 324 341
Schedule Tribe 706 356 350
Literacy 63.14 % 69.52 % 56.80 %
Total Workers 942 628 314
Main Worker 834 - -
Marginal Worker 108 59 49

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 36.81 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 34.67 % of total population in Basantapur village.

Work Profile

In Basantapur village out of total population, 942 were engaged in work activities. 88.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 942 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 671 were Agricultural labourer.