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Purnia villages

Bihar · Purnia · Kasba

Basantpur

2,044
people at the 2011 Census · 1,040 male, 1,004 female

Population

Population
2,044India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
42.51%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
51.29%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
33.72%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
17.57 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
965 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
866 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
23.92%India 13.59%
SC %
29.84%India 16.63%
ST %
17.32%India 8.63%
Household
4.40India 4.85

Work

Workers
46.67%India 39.80%
Female Work
41.24%India 25.52%
Main Workers
58.91%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
53.33%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Basantpur in context

With 2,044 people at the 2011 Census, Basantpur was the 469th most populous of its district's 1273 villages, below the district average of 2,295.

Literacy stood at 42.51%, 5.9 points below the district's rural average of 48.38%.

Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 866, 57 below the rural national 923.

46.7% of the population were recorded as workers, 11.0 points above the district's rural rate.