Basirhat is a Municipality city in district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Basirhat city is divided into 22 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Basirhat Municipality has population of 125,254 of which 63,223 are males while 62,031 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 11196 which is 8.94 % of total population of Basirhat (M). In Basirhat Municipality, Female Sex Ratio is of 981 against state average of 950. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Basirhat is around 957 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. Literacy rate of Basirhat city is 87.35 % higher than state average of 76.26 %. In Basirhat, Male literacy is around 90.51 % while female literacy rate is 84.15 %.
Basirhat Municipality has total administration over 29,276 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipality limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Basirhat 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Basirhat Municipality in 2024 is approximately
175,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Basirhat city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Basirhat city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Basirhat town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Basirhat Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.94 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.41 % of total population in Basirhat (M).
Basirhat Work Profile
Out of total population, 43,051 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 37,095 were males while 5,956 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 43051 working population, 93.06 % were engaged in Main Work while 6.94 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.