Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Basantpur Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Basantpur is a small village located in Chhatarpur Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 30 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 128 of which 74 are males while 54 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 21 which makes up 16.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 730 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 750, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Basantpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 33.64 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 43.55 % while female literacy rate was 20.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Basantpur 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 Basantpur village.

Basantpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 128 74 54
Child (0-6) 21 12 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 45 25 20
Literacy 33.64 % 43.55 % 20.00 %
Total Workers 31 30 1
Main Worker 1 - -
Marginal Worker 30 30 0

Caste Factor

In Basantpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 35.16 % of total population in Basantpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basantpur village of Palamu.

Work Profile

In Basantpur village out of total population, 31 were engaged in work activities. 3.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 96.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 31 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.