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Basta Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Basta is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - I Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 363 families residing. The Basta village has population of 1839 of which 960 are males while 879 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basta village population of children with age 0-6 is 298 which makes up 16.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basta village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basta as per census is 1027, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basta village was 33.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basta Male literacy stands at 38.62 % while female literacy rate was 27.20 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Basta village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Basta village.

Basta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 363 - -
Population 1,839 960 879
Child (0-6) 298 147 151
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 12 7 5
Literacy 33.23 % 38.62 % 27.20 %
Total Workers 504 442 62
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 244 207 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 0.65 % of total population in Basta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basta village of Uttar Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Basta village out of total population, 504 were engaged in work activities. 51.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 504 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 210 were Agricultural labourer.