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Basanda Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Basanda is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 74 families residing. The Basanda village has population of 350 of which 162 are males while 188 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basanda village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 12.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basanda village is 1160 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basanda as per census is 1500, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basanda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basanda village was 76.07 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basanda Male literacy stands at 85.42 % while female literacy rate was 67.70 %.

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

Basanda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 74 - -
Population 350 162 188
Child (0-6) 45 18 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 14 6 8
Literacy 76.07 % 85.42 % 67.70 %
Total Workers 111 76 35
Main Worker 64 - -
Marginal Worker 47 20 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 4.00 % of total population in Basanda village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basanda village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Basanda village out of total population, 111 were engaged in work activities. 57.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 111 workers engaged in Main Work, 17 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.