To obtain the subject base cloth having excellent tuft-processability and tufted cloth strength even at a low areal density and giving a tufted carpet having excellent rigidity, etc., by including a hollow continuous filament into a nonwoven cloth composed of a continuous filament made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin.

The objective base cloth is produced by including a hollow continuous filament into a nonwoven cloth having an areal density of preferably 50-100 g/m2 and composed of a continuous filament made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin. The hollow continuous filament has at least one hollow part in the cross-section, the number of the hollow continuous filaments in the total number of continuous filaments is ≥50%, the hollow continuous filament has a ring-shaped cross-section with crossed or Y-shaped solid part, the area of the hollow part on the cross-section is ≤50% and the outer diameter of the filament is ≥17 μm.