Basoa Population, Caste, Working Data Birbhum, West Bengal - Census 2011

Basoa is a village situated in Rampurhat - II block of Birbhum district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,549 families residing in the village Basoa. The total population of Basoa is 5,511 out of which 2,873 are males and 2,638 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Basoa is 918.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Basoa village is 590 which is 11% of the total population. There are 319 male children and 271 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Basoa is 850 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (918) of Basoa village.

Population
5,511
Families
1,549
Literacy
71.71%
Sex Ratio
918

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Basoa is 71.7%. Thus Basoa village has higher literacy rate compared to 61.6% of Birbhum district. The male literacy rate is 79.25% and the female literacy rate is 63.58% in Basoa village.

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

Basoa Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 590 319 271
Literacy 71.71% 79.25% 63.58%
Scheduled Caste 2,183 1,132 1,051
Scheduled Tribe 132 68 64
Illiterate 1,982 849 1,133

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.6% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.4% of total population in Basoa village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Basoa village out of total population, 1,893 were engaged in work activities. 90.9% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.1% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,893 workers engaged in Main Work, 69 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 736 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 1,720 1,619 101
Cultivators 69 69 0
Agriculture Labourer 736 700 36
Household Industries 490 474 16
Other Workers 425 376 49
Marginal Workers 173 54 119
Non Working 3,618 1,200 2,418

Nearby Villages to Basoa,

Below are the list of villages near Basoa village in Rampurhat - II.

Village Population
Batina 1,492
Margram 30,055
Paikpara 1,058
Parkuta 839
Nuruddipur 736
Laha 2,070
Hatparkuta 272
Parun 1,123
Uttar Narayanpur 1,247
Kashipur 770

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