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Basantpur Population - Surguja, Chhattisgarh

Basantpur is a large village located in Wadrafnagar Tehsil of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh with total 860 families residing. The Basantpur village has population of 3890 of which 2007 are males while 1883 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basantpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 686 which makes up 17.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basantpur village is 938 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Basantpur as per census is 885, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Basantpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Basantpur village was 61.33 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Basantpur Male literacy stands at 72.00 % while female literacy rate was 50.10 %.

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

Basantpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 860 - -
Population 3,890 2,007 1,883
Child (0-6) 686 364 322
Schedule Caste 399 204 195
Schedule Tribe 2,009 1,032 977
Literacy 61.33 % 72.00 % 50.10 %
Total Workers 1,646 1,028 618
Main Worker 757 - -
Marginal Worker 889 455 434

Caste Factor

In Basantpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.65 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.26 % of total population in Basantpur village.

Work Profile

In Basantpur village out of total population, 1646 were engaged in work activities. 45.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1646 workers engaged in Main Work, 289 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 345 were Agricultural labourer.