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Chak Basanta Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Chak Basanta is a small village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 45 families residing. The Chak Basanta village has population of 165 of which 86 are males while 79 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chak Basanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 24 which makes up 14.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chak Basanta village is 919 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Chak Basanta as per census is 1182, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Chak Basanta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Chak Basanta village was 61.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Chak Basanta Male literacy stands at 69.33 % while female literacy rate was 53.03 %.

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

Chak Basanta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 45 - -
Population 165 86 79
Child (0-6) 24 11 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 163 85 78
Literacy 61.70 % 69.33 % 53.03 %
Total Workers 53 45 8
Main Worker 26 - -
Marginal Worker 27 20 7

Caste Factor

In Chak Basanta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.79 % of total population in Chak Basanta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Chak Basanta village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Chak Basanta village out of total population, 53 were engaged in work activities. 49.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 53 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.