Basantpur Population, Caste, Working Data Purnia, Bihar - Census 2011

Basantpur is a village situated in Kasba block of Purnia district in Bihar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 465 families residing in the village Basantpur. The total population of Basantpur is 2,044 out of which 1,040 are males and 1,004 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur is 965.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Basantpur village is 489 which is 24% of the total population. There are 262 male children and 227 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Basantpur is 866 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (965) of Basantpur village.

Population
2,044
Families
465
Literacy
42.51%
Sex Ratio
965

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Basantpur is 42.5%. Thus Basantpur village has higher literacy rate compared to 40.8% of Purnia district. The male literacy rate is 51.29% and the female literacy rate is 33.72% in Basantpur village.

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

Basantpur Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 489 262 227
Literacy 42.51% 51.29% 33.72%
Scheduled Caste 610 313 297
Scheduled Tribe 354 178 176
Illiterate 1,383 641 742

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 17.3% of total population in Basantpur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Basantpur village out of total population, 954 were engaged in work activities. 58.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 954 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 420 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 562 345 217
Cultivators 125 104 21
Agriculture Labourer 420 226 194
Other Workers 17 15 2
Marginal Workers 392 195 197
Non Working 1,090 500 590

Nearby Villages to Basantpur,

Below are the list of villages near Basantpur village in Kasba.

Village Population
Sabdalpur 6,875
Puparia 515
Shikarpur 2,506
Alampur 570
Deari 1,571
Fatehpur 3,606
Kulasundar 566
Betauna 5,337
Kula Bhagwati 239
Kamalpur 2,319

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