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Basail Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Basail is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 217 families residing. The Basail village has population of 978 of which 474 are males while 504 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basail village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 12.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basail village is 1063 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basail as per census is 967, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basail village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basail village was 79.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basail Male literacy stands at 81.36 % while female literacy rate was 78.43 %.

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

Basail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 217 - -
Population 978 474 504
Child (0-6) 120 61 59
Schedule Caste 19 8 11
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.84 % 81.36 % 78.43 %
Total Workers 269 243 26
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 49 41 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.94 % of total population in Basail village. The village Basail currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basail village out of total population, 269 were engaged in work activities. 81.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 269 workers engaged in Main Work, 107 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 76 were Agricultural labourer.