# Basanwar Village, Rasra, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Rasra, Ballia 

# Basanwar

Basanwar is a village in Rasra sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **883 people in 131 households**, the 175th largest of 346 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 883people (2011)
- 131households
- 69.6%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basanwar

Of every 100 households in Basanwar in 2011, 2 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basanwar · ■ Rasra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****95%**

**80%

Television ****11%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basanwar?

■ Basanwar · ■ Rasra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1101**

**898

Working population ****34.2%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.2% for men and 54.4% for women. 49% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 122 (40%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (9%) · **■** Marginal 75 (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 Rasra

- Bharthipur908 people
- Sandalpur907 people
- Rekhan899 people
- Choukari895 people
- Ramnagar Urf Basnahi883 people
- Bhandari866 people
- Susaha Bujurg864 people
- Majhowa841 people

[All 400 villages in Rasra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/rasra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basanwar?883 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basanwar in?Ballia district (Rasra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basanwar?69.6% (Census 2011)