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Basantapur Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 1347 of which 684 are males while 663 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 10.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 969 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 1042, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basantapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantapur village was 58.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 73.20 % while female literacy rate was 43.20 %.

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

Basantapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 265 - -
Population 1,347 684 663
Child (0-6) 147 72 75
Schedule Caste 3 2 1
Schedule Tribe 1,294 662 632
Literacy 58.50 % 73.20 % 43.20 %
Total Workers 736 363 373
Main Worker 476 - -
Marginal Worker 260 102 158

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.07 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.22 % of total population in Basantapur village.

Work Profile

In Basantapur village out of total population, 736 were engaged in work activities. 64.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 736 workers engaged in Main Work, 97 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 346 were Agricultural labourer.