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Basut Population - Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Basut is a medium size village located in Bali Chowki Tehsil of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh with total 71 families residing. The Basut village has population of 396 of which 206 are males while 190 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basut village population of children with age 0-6 is 45 which makes up 11.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basut village is 922 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Basut as per census is 1045, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Basut village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Basut village was 68.95 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Basut Male literacy stands at 82.07 % while female literacy rate was 54.49 %.

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

Basut Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 396 206 190
Child (0-6) 45 22 23
Schedule Caste 284 146 138
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.95 % 82.07 % 54.49 %
Total Workers 346 186 160
Main Worker 221 - -
Marginal Worker 125 69 56

Caste Factor

In Basut village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.72 % of total population in Basut village. The village Basut currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basut village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 63.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.