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Basta Population - Nalanda, Bihar

Basta is a medium size village located in Tharthari Block of Nalanda district, Bihar with total 214 families residing. The Basta village has population of 1229 of which 638 are males while 591 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basta village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 19.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basta village is 926 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basta as per census is 775, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Basta village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basta village was 14.74 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basta Male literacy stands at 21.60 % while female literacy rate was 7.64 %.

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

Basta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 214 - -
Population 1,229 638 591
Child (0-6) 245 138 107
Schedule Caste 66 34 32
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 14.74 % 21.60 % 7.64 %
Total Workers 411 282 129
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 324 209 115

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.37 % of total population in Basta village. The village Basta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basta village out of total population, 411 were engaged in work activities. 21.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 411 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 81 were Agricultural labourer.