# Basawa Village, Jakhania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Jakhania, Ghazipur 

# Basawa

Basawa is a village in Jakhania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,363 people in 250 households**, the 133rd largest of 505 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,363people (2011)
- 250households
- 68.2%literacy
- 1,146females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basawa

Of every 100 households in Basawa in 2011, 35 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basawa · ■ Jakhania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**34%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****83%**

**83%

Television ****51%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**4%

None of these assets ****3%**

**8%

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 Basawa?

■ Basawa · ■ Jakhania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.2%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1146**

**995

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****784**

**912

Working population ****45.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 59.4% for women. 41% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 113 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (6%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (7%) · **■** Marginal 426 (69%)

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 Jakhania

- Mardanpur1,395 people
- Parewa1,392 people
- Babhanauli1,386 people
- Rampur1,370 people
- Samogar1,348 people
- Nasrapur Shirji1,336 people
- Chak Daud1,335 people
- Kundasipur1,326 people

[All 576 villages in Jakhania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/jakhania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basawa?1,363 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basawa in?Ghazipur district (Jakhania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basawa?68.2% (Census 2011)