# Shanichara Village, Bhanpur, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bhanpur, Basti 

# Shanichara

Shanichara is a village in Bhanpur sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **509 people in 75 households**, the 253rd largest of 419 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 509people (2011)
- 75households
- 61.7%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shanichara

Of every 100 households in Shanichara in 2011, 49 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 30 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shanichara · ■ Bhanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**21%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****86%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**47%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****88%**

**88%

Television ****30%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****30%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**7%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Shanichara?

■ Shanichara · ■ Bhanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****911**

**929

Working population ****37.9%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 46.5% for women. 45% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 9 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (6%) · **■** Other work 16 (8%) · **■** Marginal 156 (81%)

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 Bhanpur

- Hathiyawan523 people
- Dhaurpara517 people
- Halua Hasanpur516 people
- Dirhai Mafi513 people
- Vishunpur509 people
- Pokhar Bhitwa505 people
- Baidaulia504 people
- Sihari Sardaha503 people

[All 435 villages in Bhanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/bhanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shanichara?509 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shanichara in?Basti district (Bhanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Shanichara?61.7% (Census 2011)