# Basingha Village, Mau, Chitrakoot (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Mau, Chitrakoot 

# Basingha

Basingha is a village in Mau sub-district of Chitrakoot district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,027 people in 147 households**, the 92nd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.5%.

- 1,027people (2011)
- 147households
- 82.7%literacy
- 834females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basingha

Of every 100 households in Basingha in 2011, 22 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basingha · ■ Mau rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**87%

Tap water ****24%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

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

**4%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****98%**

**68%

Television ****11%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basingha?

■ Basingha · ■ Mau rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**65.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****834**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**917

Working population ****24.1%**

**40.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.8% for men and 74.5% for women. 43% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 224 (91%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 9 (4%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 2 (1%)

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 Mau

- Balhaura1,097 people
- Sakhaunha1,094 people
- Dadari1,044 people
- Majhgawan Mustakil1,039 people
- Jamira1,020 people
- Pahadi1,017 people
- Madaha990 people
- Barachhi Mustkil955 people

[All 215 villages in Mau](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/chitrakoot/mau/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basingha?1,027 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basingha in?Chitrakoot district (Mau sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basingha?82.7% (Census 2011)