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Basta Population - Pakur, Jharkhand

Basta is a medium size village located in Maheshpur Block of Pakur district, Jharkhand with total 145 families residing. The Basta village has population of 600 of which 294 are males while 306 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basta village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 19.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basta village is 1041 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Basta as per census is 769, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Basta village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Basta village was 50.52 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Basta Male literacy stands at 55.46 % while female literacy rate was 46.09 %.

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

Basta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 145 - -
Population 600 294 306
Child (0-6) 115 65 50
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 476 228 248
Literacy 50.52 % 55.46 % 46.09 %
Total Workers 221 142 79
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 59 9 50

Caste Factor

In Basta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.33 % of total population in Basta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basta village of Pakur.

Work Profile

In Basta village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 73.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.