# Basantpur Village, Dhampur, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhampur, Bijnor 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Dhampur sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **245 people in 45 households**, the 556th largest of 658 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 245people (2011)
- 45households
- 87.3%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 51 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Dhampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**68%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**89%

Use banking services ****100%**

**78%

Television ****91%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****51%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**11%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Basantpur?

■ Basantpur · ■ Dhampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.3%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**880

Working population ****42.9%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.1% for men and 75.2% for women. 56% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 32 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (23%) · **■** Household industry 21 (20%) · **■** Other work 8 (8%) · **■** Marginal 20 (19%)

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 Dhampur

- Salarpur Bila Ahatmali258 people
- Devanandpur Garhi257 people
- Firozpur255 people
- Meerpur Veeran247 people
- Aligang242 people
- Chohra238 people
- Dhingarpur237 people
- Shadipur233 people

[All 889 villages in Dhampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bijnor/dhampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?245 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Bijnor district (Dhampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?87.3% (Census 2011)