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Uttar Basantapur observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
The principal temple recorded for Chanchal - I mandal is Chakla Shiv Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Uttar Basantapur itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Uttar Basantapur ranks #50 of 100 villages in Chanchal - I mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Uttar Basantapur is a village of 1,498 people in 352 households (Census 2011) in Chanchal - I block, Malda district, West Bengal, the 50th-largest of 100 villages in Chanchal - I block. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the block average of 56% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 732126, served by Kaligaon post office; the LGD village code is 312156. The sarpanch is RUMA BIBI, and the village votes in Malatipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abdur Rahim Boxi. The population is estimated at 1,766 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Makdampur →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
Centred on Chanchal - I mandal
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