# Basila Nawasi Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Basila Nawasi

Basila Nawasi is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,588 people in 251 households**, the 85th largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,588people (2011)
- 251households
- 68.4%literacy
- 1,081females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basila Nawasi

Of every 100 households in Basila Nawasi in 2011, 48 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basila Nawasi · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**84%

Tap water ****44%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**96%

Use banking services ****88%**

**81%

Television ****23%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Basila Nawasi?

■ Basila Nawasi · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1081**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****865**

**916

Working population ****30.2%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 58.9% for women. 41% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 116 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (9%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 45 (9%) · **■** Marginal 263 (55%)

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 Mehnagar

- Pakaria Ranipur1,675 people
- Dewaria1,674 people
- Sidhari1,629 people
- Koilari Khurd1,627 people
- Shamsuddin Pur1,573 people
- Thuthia1,561 people
- Todarpur1,551 people
- Shivram Pur1,525 people

[All 327 villages in Mehnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/mehnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basila Nawasi?1,588 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basila Nawasi in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basila Nawasi?68.4% (Census 2011)