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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Basumati is a village in Lalgola mandal, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, located at 24.410°N, 88.165°E. The village has a population of 653 across 154 households and a literacy rate of 58.2%, with postal code 742151.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Samsuddin Shaikh
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- LGD code
- 314188
- Pincode
- 742151
- Post office
- Rajarampur
- Population
- 653
- Households
- 154
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1162 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 163
- Distance to district centre
- 40 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 205 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1185 km
- Nearest railway station
- Manigram · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Krishnapur Rural Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Basumati compares
By population, Basumati ranks #70 of 94 villages in Lalgola mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.2%
+4.4% vs mandal average
Basumati58.2%
Lalgola mandal53.8%
Murshidabad district57.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,162
+198 vs mandal average
Basumati1,162
Lalgola mandal964
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.6 vs mandal average
Basumati4.2
Lalgola mandal4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basumati at a glance
Basumati is a village of 653 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Lalgola block, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, the 70th-largest of 94 villages in Lalgola block. Literacy is 58%, 4 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 1,162 women per 1,000 men. It lies 40 km from the Murshidabad district centre, 1 km from Kul Gachhi, the nearest town, 9 km from Manigram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 742151, served by Rajarampur post office; the LGD village code is 314188. The nearest hospital or health centre is Krishnapur Rural Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Samsuddin Shaikh, and the village votes in Sagardighi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bayron Biswas. The population is estimated at 730 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Nashipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basumati · this village | 653 | 58% | — |
| Mahishasthal · Lalgola | 1,138 | 46% | 0.9 km NE |
| Kuchidanga · Lalgola | 18 | 56% | 1.1 km SE |
| Arazi Badagare · Lalgola | 0 | — | 1.2 km E |
| Fraser Nagar · Raghunathganj - II | 1,474 | 52% | 1.3 km S |
| Kul Gachhi · Raghunathganj - II | 11,292 | 41% | 1.3 km NW |
| Birendra Nagar · Raghunathganj - II | 1,128 | 62% | 1.7 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basumati
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 46.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basumati
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basumati
- LGD code
- 314188
- Pincode
- 742151
- Post office
- Rajarampur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 653
- Population (projected 2026)
- 730
- Households
- 154
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1162
- Literacy rate
- 58.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.40953°N, 88.16455°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jangipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sagardighi
- Member of Parliament
- Khalilur Rahaman
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bayron Biswas
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Samsuddin Shaikh
- Block / Mandal
- Lalgola
- Nearest police station
- Godagari Model Police Station (16.8 km)
- Nearest post office
- Godagari Prime Post Office (16.9 km)
- Nearest bank
- Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited ATM ডাচ-বাংলা ব্যাংক লিমিটেড এটিএম (17.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Basumati
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata205 kmcapital
- Delhi1185 km
- Hyderabad1272 km
- Chennai1508 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationManigram9 km
- Bus stopUmarpur Bus Stop14 km
- Hospital / PHCKrishnapur Rural Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank12 km
- CollegeJAKIR HOSSAIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY13 km
- Police stationRaghunathganj Police station12 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 742151
Villages near Basumati
Other villages in Lalgola mandal
View all 60+ →- Lalgola
- Krishnapur
- Bayra
- Maia
- Paharpur
- Paikpara
- Diar Fatepur
- Rajarampur
- Bajupur Madhupur
- Nadaipur
- Nasipur
- Bansgara
- Kaimegha
- Brahimottar Manick Chak
- Krishnapur Dinurpara
- Upar Fatepur
- Sites Nagar
- Ilimpur
- Karttikpur
- Amarkunda
- Paschim Durbarpara
- Basui
- Syampur
- Ramchandrapur
- Hazi Mahammadpur
- Makimnagar
- Janardanpur
- Bil Borakpara
- Radhakrishanapur
- Sahapur
- Jumra Nayagram
- Panisala
- Rianpur
- Mridadpur
- Singa
- Sahabazpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)