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Basrai Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Basrai is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 669 families residing. The Basrai village has population of 3565 of which 1853 are males while 1712 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basrai village population of children with age 0-6 is 380 which makes up 10.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basrai village is 924 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Basrai as per census is 881, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Basrai village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Basrai village was 73.66 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Basrai Male literacy stands at 79.16 % while female literacy rate was 67.73 %.

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

Basrai Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 669 - -
Population 3,565 1,853 1,712
Child (0-6) 380 202 178
Schedule Caste 1,404 723 681
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.66 % 79.16 % 67.73 %
Total Workers 1,511 1,088 423
Main Worker 1,061 - -
Marginal Worker 450 224 226

Caste Factor

In Basrai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.38 % of total population in Basrai village. The village Basrai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basrai village out of total population, 1511 were engaged in work activities. 70.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1511 workers engaged in Main Work, 374 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 342 were Agricultural labourer.