# Neeschhand Village, Harraiya, Basti (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Harraiya, Basti 

# Neeschhand

Neeschhand is a village in Harraiya sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **279 people in 56 households**, the 1044th largest of 1,457 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 279people (2011)
- 56households
- 61.6%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Neeschhand

Of every 100 households in Neeschhand in 2011, 4 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Neeschhand · ■ Harraiya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**87%

Tap water ****8%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**48%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****74%**

**91%

Television ****6%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**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 Neeschhand?

■ Neeschhand · ■ Harraiya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**928

Working population ****49.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 46.0% for women. 46% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (29%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 36 (26%) · **■** Marginal 5 (4%)

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 Harraiya

- Matiya Gosain282 people
- Patepur282 people
- Baneriya281 people
- Kanhaipur280 people
- Pachaura279 people
- Ratas Gosai279 people
- Babhanpura Ghanshyamjot278 people
- Bandai278 people

[All 1,527 villages in Harraiya](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/harraiya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Neeschhand?279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Neeschhand in?Basti district (Harraiya sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Neeschhand?61.6% (Census 2011)