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Basko Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Basko is a medium size village located in Ramgarh Block of Dumka district, Jharkhand with total 125 families residing. The Basko village has population of 468 of which 240 are males while 228 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basko village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 16.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basko village is 950 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Basko as per census is 927, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Basko village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Basko village was 53.98 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Basko Male literacy stands at 66.83 % while female literacy rate was 40.53 %.

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

Basko Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 125 - -
Population 468 240 228
Child (0-6) 79 41 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 467 240 227
Literacy 53.98 % 66.83 % 40.53 %
Total Workers 276 146 130
Main Worker 13 - -
Marginal Worker 263 136 127

Caste Factor

In Basko village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.79 % of total population in Basko village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basko village of Dumka.

Work Profile

In Basko village out of total population, 276 were engaged in work activities. 4.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 95.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 276 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.