# Basirha Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Basirha

Basirha is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,028 people in 163 households**, the 195th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 1,028people (2011)
- 163households
- 67.2%literacy
- 1,085females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basirha

Of every 100 households in Basirha in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Basirha · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**78%

Tap water ****8%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**52%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****78%**

**78%

Television ****30%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**3%

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

**6%

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 Basirha?

■ Basirha · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1085**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1294**

**918

Working population ****31.6%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 56.8% for women. 44% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 66 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 200 (62%) · **■** Household industry 15 (5%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 26 (8%)

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 Nizamabad

- Osti1,050 people
- Larpur1,038 people
- Nanhupur1,032 people
- Gauspur1,031 people
- Belwa Visunpur1,015 people
- Gauspur1,012 people
- Dubaki1,001 people
- Dhannipur Bihav991 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basirha?1,028 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basirha in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basirha?67.2% (Census 2011)