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Basantpur Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Basantpur is a large village located in Riga Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 532 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 2612 of which 1389 are males while 1223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 562 which makes up 21.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 880 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 1081, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Basantpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 40.98 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 46.92 % while female literacy rate was 33.83 %.

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 532 - -
Population 2,612 1,389 1,223
Child (0-6) 562 270 292
Schedule Caste 444 231 213
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 40.98 % 46.92 % 33.83 %
Total Workers 923 718 205
Main Worker 646 - -
Marginal Worker 277 229 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.00 % of total population in Basantpur village. The village Basantpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basantpur village out of total population, 923 were engaged in work activities. 69.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 923 workers engaged in Main Work, 423 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 161 were Agricultural labourer.