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Basti Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Basti is a large village located in Harnaut Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 613 families residing. The Basti village has population of 4148 of which 2157 are males while 1991 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basti village population of children with age 0-6 is 738 which makes up 17.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basti village is 923 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basti as per census is 984, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Basti village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basti village was 57.04 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basti Male literacy stands at 67.00 % while female literacy rate was 46.09 %.

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

Basti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 613 - -
Population 4,148 2,157 1,991
Child (0-6) 738 372 366
Schedule Caste 773 416 357
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.04 % 67.00 % 46.09 %
Total Workers 1,459 933 526
Main Worker 1,166 - -
Marginal Worker 293 206 87

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.64 % of total population in Basti village. The village Basti currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basti village out of total population, 1459 were engaged in work activities. 79.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1459 workers engaged in Main Work, 311 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 664 were Agricultural labourer.