Basta, Polba - Dadpur

Basta is a village located in the Polba - Dadpur Subdivision of Hooghly district of West Bengal. The village falls in Polba-Dadpur block and comes under Harit Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Hooghly parliament constituency and Saptagram assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Basta is 331 out of which 170 are males and rest 161 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 947 females per 1000 males. There are around 33 teenagers in Basta. It has literacy rate of 83% which means around 274 persons can read and write. Total 42 people belonging to scheduled caste and 7 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 76 households in Basta, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 218. The pincode of Basta is 712305 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Puinan Sub Post office
• Makalpur Branch Post office
• Nagbal Branch Post office
• Alipur Branch Post office
• Danrpur Branch Post office

Schools

Basta has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Babnan High School
• Porabazar R D M U Vidyalaya
• Panjipukur Smt. Tulsi Devi Smriti Vidyapith
• Harit High School
• Sarangpur High School(High School)

Hospitals

Basta has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Jyotharan Sub-Center
• Dubirveri Sub-Center
• Mirkhila Sub-Center
• Satithan Sub-Center
• Anti Sub-Center

Banks

Basta has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bandhan Bank Puinan
• Central Bank of India Makhalpur
• State Bank of India Satithan
• The West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Harit