Basta, Ranaghat - II

Basta is a village located in the Ranaghat - II Subdivision of Nadia district of West Bengal. The village falls in Ranaghat-II block and comes under Jugalkishore Gram Panchayat.

As on December 2024, the current population of Basta is 3.4 thousands out of which 1.7 thousands are males and rest 1.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 958 females per 1000 males. There are around 264 teenagers in Basta. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 2.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2.3 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 5 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 774 households in Basta, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1 thousands. The pincode of Basta is 741501 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Arangahta Sub Post office
• Churni Raghunathpur Branch Post office
• Purbanowpara Branch Post office
• Barbaria Branch Post office
• Hatbahirgachi Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Aranghata U.M. Institution
• Krishnagar D.C. High School
• Bahirgachi High School (High School)
• Aranghata Girls' High School
• Jugal Kishore S.S Sikshayatan (High School)

Hospitals

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

• Kamalpur Sub-Center
• Salua Sub-Center
• Hazrapur Sub-Center
• Khosalpur Sub-Center
• Barbaria Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bandhan Bank Aranghata
• Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Purbanapura