Basantpur Population - Katihar, Bihar

Basantpur is a medium size village located in Kadwa Block of Katihar district, Bihar with total 74 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 321 of which 157 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 20.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 1045 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 1167, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Basantpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 51.56 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 61.42 % while female literacy rate was 41.86 %.

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	74	-	-
Population	321	157	164
Child (0-6)	65	30	35
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	224	105	119
Literacy	51.56 %	61.42 %	41.86 %
Total Workers	131	84	47
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	108	65	43

Caste Factor

In Basantpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 69.78 % of total population in Basantpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basantpur village of Katihar.

Work Profile

In Basantpur village out of total population, 131 were engaged in work activities. 17.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 82.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 131 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.