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Basantpur Population - Sitamarhi, Bihar

Basantpur is a medium size village located in Runisaidpur Block of Sitamarhi district, Bihar with total 418 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 1793 of which 951 are males while 842 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 378 which makes up 21.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 979, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Basantpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 45.23 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 53.95 % while female literacy rate was 35.11 %.

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 418 - -
Population 1,793 951 842
Child (0-6) 378 191 187
Schedule Caste 952 503 449
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 45.23 % 53.95 % 35.11 %
Total Workers 524 458 66
Main Worker 341 - -
Marginal Worker 183 146 37

Caste Factor

In Basantpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.10 % 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, 524 were engaged in work activities. 65.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 524 workers engaged in Main Work, 23 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 194 were Agricultural labourer.