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Basan Population - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

Basan is a medium size village located in Udhampur Tehsil of Udhampur district, Jammu and Kashmir with total 147 families residing. The Basan village has population of 829 of which 447 are males while 382 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basan village population of children with age 0-6 is 111 which makes up 13.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basan village is 855 which is lower than Jammu and Kashmir state average of 889. Child Sex Ratio for the Basan as per census is 682, lower than Jammu and Kashmir average of 862.

Basan village has higher literacy rate compared to Jammu and Kashmir. In 2011, literacy rate of Basan village was 72.56 % compared to 67.16 % of Jammu and Kashmir. In Basan Male literacy stands at 84.25 % while female literacy rate was 59.35 %.

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

Basan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 147 - -
Population 829 447 382
Child (0-6) 111 66 45
Schedule Caste 177 92 85
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.56 % 84.25 % 59.35 %
Total Workers 455 245 210
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 25 10 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.35 % of total population in Basan village. The village Basan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basan village out of total population, 455 were engaged in work activities. 94.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 455 workers engaged in Main Work, 303 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.