Basma Population - Mohali, Punjab

Basma is a large village located in Dera Bassi Tehsil of Mohali district, Punjab with total 511 families residing. The Basma village has population of 2699 of which 1432 are males while 1267 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basma village population of children with age 0-6 is 351 which makes up 13.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basma village is 885 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Basma as per census is 764, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Basma village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Basma village was 74.11 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Basma Male literacy stands at 81.27 % while female literacy rate was 66.19 %.

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

Basma Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	511	-	-
Population	2,699	1,432	1,267
Child (0-6)	351	199	152
Schedule Caste	709	381	328
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.11 %	81.27 %	66.19 %
Total Workers	786	741	45
Main Worker	694	-	-
Marginal Worker	92	76	16

Caste Factor

Basma village of Mohali has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.27 % of total population in Basma village. The village Basma currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basma village out of total population, 786 were engaged in work activities. 88.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 786 workers engaged in Main Work, 183 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.