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Basantpur Population - Araria, Bihar

Basantpur is a large village located in Araria Block of Araria district, Bihar with total 2431 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 12499 of which 6482 are males while 6017 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 2985 which makes up 23.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 928 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 941, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Basantpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 47.59 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 56.19 % while female literacy rate was 38.29 %.

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 2,431 - -
Population 12,499 6,482 6,017
Child (0-6) 2,985 1,538 1,447
Schedule Caste 7 3 4
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 47.59 % 56.19 % 38.29 %
Total Workers 3,836 2,806 1,030
Main Worker 2,228 - -
Marginal Worker 1,608 891 717

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.06 % 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, 3836 were engaged in work activities. 58.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 3836 workers engaged in Main Work, 428 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1342 were Agricultural labourer.