# Selhra Village, Basti, Basti (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Basti, Basti 

# Selhra

Selhra is a village in Basti sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,942 people in 306 households**, the 66th largest of 1,027 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.2%.

- 1,942people (2011)
- 306households
- 60.5%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Selhra

Of every 100 households in Selhra in 2011, 11 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Selhra · ■ Basti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**83%

Tap water ****3%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**51%

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

**9%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****80%**

**87%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

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

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Selhra?

■ Selhra · ■ Basti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**67.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**929

Working population ****31.3%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 48.9% for women. 48% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 114 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (2%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 452 (74%)

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 Basti

- Ranipur1,982 people
- Pakardar1,976 people
- Raikwar1,949 people
- Kusnapur1,946 people
- Belsuhi1,914 people
- Barahua1,910 people
- Kabara1,903 people
- Deoria Urf Tengriha Raja1,864 people

[All 1,102 villages in Basti](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/basti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Selhra?1,942 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Selhra in?Basti district (Basti sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Selhra?60.5% (Census 2011)