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Basanti Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Basanti is a medium size village located in Kumarganj Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 322 families residing. The Basanti village has population of 1361 of which 707 are males while 654 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basanti village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 10.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basanti village is 925 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basanti as per census is 1029, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basanti village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basanti village was 78.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basanti Male literacy stands at 85.09 % while female literacy rate was 71.65 %.

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

Basanti Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,361 707 654
Child (0-6) 142 70 72
Schedule Caste 478 246 232
Schedule Tribe 141 75 66
Literacy 78.67 % 85.09 % 71.65 %
Total Workers 493 426 67
Main Worker 388 - -
Marginal Worker 105 66 39

Caste Factor

In Basanti village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.12 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 10.36 % of total population in Basanti village.

Work Profile

In Basanti village out of total population, 493 were engaged in work activities. 78.70 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.30 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 493 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 171 were Agricultural labourer.