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Basutya Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Basutya is a medium size village located in Narayangarh Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 163 families residing. The Basutya village has population of 735 of which 374 are males while 361 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basutya village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 10.20 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basutya village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Basutya as per census is 1206, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Basutya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Basutya village was 80.61 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Basutya Male literacy stands at 90.00 % while female literacy rate was 70.63 %.

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

Basutya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 163 - -
Population 735 374 361
Child (0-6) 75 34 41
Schedule Caste 440 219 221
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.61 % 90.00 % 70.63 %
Total Workers 367 234 133
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 267 144 123

Caste Factor

In Basutya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.86 % of total population in Basutya village. The village Basutya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basutya village out of total population, 367 were engaged in work activities. 27.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 367 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.