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Basuni Population - Punch, Jammu and Kashmir

Basuni is a medium size village located in Mendhar Tehsil of Punch district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 127 families residing. The Basuni village has population of 1290 of which 952 are males while 338 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basuni village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 10.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basuni village is 355 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Basuni as per census is 1121, higher than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Basuni village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Basuni village was 86.26 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Basuni Male literacy stands at 95.15 % while female literacy rate was 56.44 %.

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

Basuni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 1,290 952 338
Child (0-6) 140 66 74
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 25 12 13
Literacy 86.26 % 95.15 % 56.44 %
Total Workers 820 783 37
Main Worker 811 - -
Marginal Worker 9 5 4

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.94 % of total population in Basuni village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basuni village of Punch.

Work Profile

In Basuni village out of total population, 820 were engaged in work activities. 98.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 820 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.