Basanta Chak Population, Caste, Working Data Purba Medinipur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Basanta Chak is a village situated in Moyna block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 558 families residing in the village Basanta Chak. The total population of Basanta Chak is 2,825 out of which 1,444 are males and 1,381 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Basanta Chak is 956.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Basanta Chak village is 538 which is 19% of the total population. There are 271 male children and 267 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Basanta Chak is 985 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (956) of Basanta Chak village.

Population
2,825
Families
558
Literacy
67.16%
Sex Ratio
956

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Basanta Chak is 67.2%. Thus Basanta Chak village has lower literacy rate compared to 77% of Purba Medinipur district. The male literacy rate is 76.9% and the female literacy rate is 56.91% in Basanta Chak village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Basanta Chak village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Basanta Chak Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Basanta Chak village.

Total Male Female
Children 538 271 267
Literacy 67.16% 76.9% 56.91%
Scheduled Caste 1 0 1
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 1,289 542 747

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Basanta Chak village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Basanta Chak village out of total population, 1,017 were engaged in work activities. 65.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,017 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 670 579 91
Cultivators 211 205 6
Agriculture Labourer 194 122 72
Household Industries 28 28 0
Other Workers 237 224 13
Marginal Workers 347 154 193
Non Working 1,808 711 1,097

Nearby Villages to Basanta Chak,

Below are the list of villages near Basanta Chak village in Moyna.

Village Population
Bishnu Misri Chak 1,635
Gokul Nagar 4,029
Brajaballabapur 2,321
Nishchinta Chak 1,099
Kunar Chak 1,856
Raghunath Chak 1,637
Uttampur 2,287
Mudibar 1,691
Ramchandrapur 4,243
Kanchichak 1,728

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