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Basu Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Basu is a medium size village located in Padwa Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 211 families residing. The Basu village has population of 1237 of which 645 are males while 592 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basu village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 15.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basu village is 918 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Basu as per census is 1032, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Basu village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Basu village was 68.93 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Basu Male literacy stands at 80.94 % while female literacy rate was 55.56 %.

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

Basu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 211 - -
Population 1,237 645 592
Child (0-6) 191 94 97
Schedule Caste 453 243 210
Schedule Tribe 13 7 6
Literacy 68.93 % 80.94 % 55.56 %
Total Workers 649 337 312
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 485 206 279

Caste Factor

In Basu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.62 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.05 % of total population in Basu village.

Work Profile

In Basu village out of total population, 649 were engaged in work activities. 25.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 74.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 649 workers engaged in Main Work, 58 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.