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Basant Population - Sheikhpura, Bihar

Basant is a medium size village located in Chewara Block of Sheikhpura district, Bihar with total 115 families residing. The Basant village has population of 717 of which 358 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basant village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 19.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basant village is 1003 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basant as per census is 930, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Basant village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basant village was 57.59 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basant Male literacy stands at 74.56 % while female literacy rate was 40.96 %.

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

Basant Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 717 358 359
Child (0-6) 137 71 66
Schedule Caste 62 32 30
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.59 % 74.56 % 40.96 %
Total Workers 304 160 144
Main Worker 217 - -
Marginal Worker 87 4 83

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.65 % of total population in Basant village. The village Basant currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basant village out of total population, 304 were engaged in work activities. 71.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 39 were Agricultural labourer.