Basta Population - Jashpur, Chhattisgarh

Basta is a medium size village located in Jashpur Tehsil of Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh with total 49 families residing. The Basta village has population of 215 of which 105 are males while 110 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basta village population of children with age 0-6 is 28 which makes up 13.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basta village is 1048 which is higher than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Basta as per census is 1000, higher than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Basta village has higher literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Basta village was 79.14 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Basta Male literacy stands at 89.01 % while female literacy rate was 69.79 %.

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

Basta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	49	-	-
Population	215	105	110
Child (0-6)	28	14	14
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	127	57	70
Literacy	79.14 %	89.01 %	69.79 %
Total Workers	129	66	63
Main Worker	60	-	-
Marginal Worker	69	12	57

Caste Factor

In Basta village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 59.07 % of total population in Basta village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Basta village of Jashpur.

Work Profile

In Basta village out of total population, 129 were engaged in work activities. 46.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 53.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 129 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.