# Bashara Village, Meja, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Meja, Allahabad 

# Bashara

Bashara is a village in Meja sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **4,788 people in 751 households**, the 20th largest of 347 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 4,788people (2011)
- 751households
- 66.7%literacy
- 854females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bashara

Of every 100 households in Bashara in 2011, 28 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bashara · ■ Meja rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****8%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**22%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****72%**

**73%

Television ****14%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bashara?

■ Bashara · ■ Meja rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****854**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**912

Working population ****45.5%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 53.7% for women. 51% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 482 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 76 (3%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 122 (6%) · **■** Marginal 1,487 (68%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Meja

- Rajapur5,148 people
- Bhatauti5,126 people
- Dighiya5,097 people
- Javaniya4,848 people
- Onaur Uparhar4,686 people
- Siki Kalan4,391 people
- Soranv Pati4,377 people
- Lotad4,265 people

[All 393 villages in Meja](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/meja/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bashara?4,788 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bashara in?Allahabad district (Meja sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bashara?66.7% (Census 2011)