# Basupur Village, Mehnagar, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mehnagar, Azamgarh 

# Basupur

Basupur is a village in Mehnagar sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,266 people in 292 households**, the 53rd largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 2,266people (2011)
- 292households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basupur

Of every 100 households in Basupur in 2011, 1 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Basupur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**19%

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

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**84%

Tap water ****16%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****86%**

**81%

Television ****21%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**7%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basupur?

■ Basupur · ■ Mehnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**1031

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1102**

**916

Working population ****34.6%**

**31.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.5% for men and 55.6% for women. 48% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 171 (22%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 293 (37%) · **■** Marginal 193 (25%)

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

- Pitthaurpur2,375 people
- Hasanpur2,350 people
- Malpar2,315 people
- Gahuni2,303 people
- Aira Khurd2,225 people
- Umari Ganeshpur2,200 people
- Asausa2,178 people
- Pandaha2,150 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basupur?2,266 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basupur in?Azamgarh district (Mehnagar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basupur?66.4% (Census 2011)