Basantapur
Jangipara block · Hooghly
district, West Bengal · PIN 712706
· village code 325789
Population 2011
1,058
Census of India
Population 2020
1,175
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.1%
117 people · 1.2% a year
Households
235
+6.3% vs 221 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,058
Male / female
541 / 517
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
956
Children aged 0–6
140
Literacy rate
70.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
350 / 0
Working population
450
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
67.8%
Households
221
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 5 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
102
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
71
Share of households farming, 2020
68%
Net sown area
63 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
63 / 8 / 1
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Radhanagar panchayat, Jangipara zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹39.37 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹76.74 lakh
Received directly
₹21,833
Spent
₹74.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹41.52 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.80 lakh · received ₹31.53 lakh · spent ₹26.60 lakh · left ₹14.95 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹29.57 lakh · received ₹45.20 lakh · spent ₹48.21 lakh · left ₹26.57 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
22.7748, 88.0521 —
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How this village compares
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staffing across Hooghly ·
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