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Basaia Population - Jamui, Bihar

Basaia is a medium size village located in Sikandra Block of Jamui district, Bihar with total 235 families residing. The Basaia village has population of 1386 of which 705 are males while 681 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basaia village population of children with age 0-6 is 271 which makes up 19.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basaia village is 966 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Basaia as per census is 856, lower than Bihar average of 935.

Basaia village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Basaia village was 65.29 % compared to 61.80 % of Bihar. In Basaia Male literacy stands at 77.10 % while female literacy rate was 53.42 %.

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

Basaia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,386 705 681
Child (0-6) 271 146 125
Schedule Caste 475 246 229
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.29 % 77.10 % 53.42 %
Total Workers 478 326 152
Main Worker 369 - -
Marginal Worker 109 101 8

Caste Factor

Basaia village of Jamui has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.27 % of total population in Basaia village. The village Basaia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basaia village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 77.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 36 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 261 were Agricultural labourer.