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Basterwa Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Basterwa is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 71 families residing. The Basterwa village has population of 329 of which 165 are males while 164 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basterwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 18.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basterwa village is 994 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Basterwa as per census is 935, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Basterwa village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Basterwa village was 46.47 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Basterwa Male literacy stands at 64.93 % while female literacy rate was 28.15 %.

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

Basterwa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 329 165 164
Child (0-6) 60 31 29
Schedule Caste 2 2 0
Schedule Tribe 325 162 163
Literacy 46.47 % 64.93 % 28.15 %
Total Workers 209 102 107
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 103 2 101

Caste Factor

In Basterwa village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.78 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.61 % of total population in Basterwa village.

Work Profile

In Basterwa village out of total population, 209 were engaged in work activities. 50.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 209 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.