Basantapur Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Basantapur is a small village located in Baripada Sadar Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 48 families residing. The Basantapur village has population of 186 of which 97 are males while 89 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 16.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantapur village is 918 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantapur as per census is 722, lower than Orissa average of 941.

Basantapur village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantapur village was 35.48 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Basantapur Male literacy stands at 41.77 % while female literacy rate was 28.95 %.

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	48	-	-
Population	186	97	89
Child (0-6)	31	18	13
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	152	78	74
Literacy	35.48 %	41.77 %	28.95 %
Total Workers	98	60	38
Main Worker	47	-	-
Marginal Worker	51	24	27

Caste Factor

In Basantapur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.72 % 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, 98 were engaged in work activities. 47.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 98 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.