Basukinath Town Population - Dumka, Jharkhand

Basukinath (NP) is a Town and Nagar Panchayat/Nagar Parishad located in Jarmundi Taluk of Dumka district in Jharkhand. Basukinath city has 3630 housholds and town is divided into 10 wards. Basukinath city elections are held of every 5 years to elect representative of each ward.

As per the Census India 2011, Basukinath city has population of 17123 of which 8861 are males and 8262 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 2701 which is 15.77% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Basukinath city is around 932 compared to 948 which is average of Jharkhand state. The literacy rate of Basukinath city is 57.62% out of which 66.71% males are literate and 47.87% females are literate. There are 9.63% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 10.06% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Basukinath city.

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Basukinath Population Facts

Number of Households3630
Population17123
Male Population8861 (51.75%)
Female Population8262 (48.25%)
Children Population2701
Sex-ratio932
Literacy57.62%
Male Literacy66.71%
Female Literacy47.87%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %10.06%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %9.63%

Map of Basukinath, Dumka, Jharkhand