# Thoka Banshi Village, Salempur, Deoria (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Salempur, Deoria 

# Thoka Banshi

Thoka Banshi is a village in Salempur sub-district of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **829 people in 117 households**, the 217th largest of 471 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.9%.

- 829people (2011)
- 117households
- 70.9%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Thoka Banshi

Of every 100 households in Thoka Banshi in 2011, 10 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Thoka Banshi · ■ Salempur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****27%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**87%

Use banking services ****98%**

**83%

Television ****9%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****8%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Thoka Banshi?

■ Thoka Banshi · ■ Salempur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.9%**

**72.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**1040

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****603**

**922

Working population ****25.8%**

**26.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 59.8% for women. 44% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (18%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 37 (17%) · **■** Marginal 79 (37%)

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 Salempur

- Hichhoura859 people
- Pipra Shukla854 people
- Padri Tiwari837 people
- Dhanouti833 people
- Bhewali828 people
- Mathila Upadhyay827 people
- Deoria809 people
- Musaila Buzurg809 people

[All 522 villages in Salempur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/deoria/salempur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Thoka Banshi?829 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Thoka Banshi in?Deoria district (Salempur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Thoka Banshi?70.9% (Census 2011)