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Basantapur Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Basantapur is a medium size village located in Jashipur Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 279 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 1094 of which 504 are males while 590 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 12.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 1171 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 944, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Basantapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantapur village was 56.07 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 66.74 % while female literacy rate was 47.23 %.

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 279 - -
Population 1,094 504 590
Child (0-6) 138 71 67
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 1,091 504 587
Literacy 56.07 % 66.74 % 47.23 %
Total Workers 648 303 345
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 463 133 330

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.73 % of total population in Basantapur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basantapur village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Basantapur village out of total population, 648 were engaged in work activities. 28.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 648 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.