# Basawanpur Village, Dhampur, Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhampur, Bijnor 

# Basawanpur

Basawanpur is a village in Dhampur sub-district of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,056 people in 195 households**, the 289th largest of 658 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.7%.

- 1,056people (2011)
- 195households
- 72.2%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basawanpur

Of every 100 households in Basawanpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basawanpur · ■ Dhampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**47%

Tap water ****13%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**89%

Use banking services ****99%**

**78%

Television ****33%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**21%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**11%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Basawanpur?

■ Basawanpur · ■ Dhampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**70.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****759**

**880

Working population ****22.9%**

**29.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 51.1% for women. 40% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 86 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 51 (21%) · **■** Marginal 100 (41%)

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

- Alampur1,069 people
- Basera Narain1,069 people
- Mehar Alipur1,063 people
- Pahapur1,059 people
- Tirlokpur1,051 people
- Burhanpur1,048 people
- Mahmudpur Kamil1,044 people
- Hakimpur Nara1An1,035 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basawanpur?1,056 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basawanpur in?Bijnor district (Dhampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basawanpur?72.2% (Census 2011)