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Basra Population - Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Basra is a small village located in Nerua Tehsil of Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh with total 29 families residing. The Basra village has population of 185 of which 99 are males while 86 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basra village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 10.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basra village is 869 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Basra as per census is 1000, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Basra village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Basra village was 75.15 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Basra Male literacy stands at 83.15 % while female literacy rate was 65.79 %.

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

Basra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 29 - -
Population 185 99 86
Child (0-6) 20 10 10
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.15 % 83.15 % 65.79 %
Total Workers 158 85 73
Main Worker 148 - -
Marginal Worker 10 2 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.70 % of total population in Basra village. The village Basra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basra village out of total population, 158 were engaged in work activities. 93.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 158 workers engaged in Main Work, 148 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.