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Basantpur Population - Purnia, Bihar

Basantpur is a medium size village located in Amour Block of Purnia district, Bihar with total 413 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 1996 of which 1059 are males while 937 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 464 which makes up 23.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 885 which is lower than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 894, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Basantpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 61.88 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 68.80 % while female literacy rate was 54.04 %.

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

Basantpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 413 - -
Population 1,996 1,059 937
Child (0-6) 464 245 219
Schedule Caste 5 4 1
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.88 % 68.80 % 54.04 %
Total Workers 551 535 16
Main Worker 386 - -
Marginal Worker 165 159 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.25 % of total population in Basantpur village. The village Basantpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basantpur village out of total population, 551 were engaged in work activities. 70.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 551 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 358 were Agricultural labourer.