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Purbba Basail Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Purbba Basail is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 302 families residing. The Purbba Basail village has population of 1260 of which 631 are males while 629 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purbba Basail village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 12.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purbba Basail village is 997 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Purbba Basail as per census is 939, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Purbba Basail village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Purbba Basail village was 59.40 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Purbba Basail Male literacy stands at 70.31 % while female literacy rate was 48.55 %.

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

Purbba Basail Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 302 - -
Population 1,260 631 629
Child (0-6) 159 82 77
Schedule Caste 1,247 627 620
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 59.40 % 70.31 % 48.55 %
Total Workers 692 371 321
Main Worker 215 - -
Marginal Worker 477 179 298

Caste Factor

In Purbba Basail village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.97 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.08 % of total population in Purbba Basail village.

Work Profile

In Purbba Basail village out of total population, 692 were engaged in work activities. 31.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 68.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 692 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.