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Basahi Population - Saharsa, Bihar

Basahi is a medium size village located in Salkhua Block of Saharsa district, Bihar with total 207 families residing. The Basahi village has population of 1351 of which 702 are males while 649 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basahi village population of children with age 0-6 is 327 which makes up 24.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basahi village is 925 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basahi as per census is 924, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Basahi village has lower literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basahi village was 31.35 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basahi Male literacy stands at 41.73 % while female literacy rate was 20.12 %.

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

Basahi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,351 702 649
Child (0-6) 327 170 157
Schedule Caste 932 480 452
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 31.35 % 41.73 % 20.12 %
Total Workers 620 313 307
Main Worker 516 - -
Marginal Worker 104 40 64

Caste Factor

In Basahi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.99 % of total population in Basahi village. The village Basahi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basahi village out of total population, 620 were engaged in work activities. 83.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 620 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 483 were Agricultural labourer.