# Basnia Village, Mohammadabad, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mohammadabad, Ghazipur 

# Basnia

Basnia is a village in Mohammadabad sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,244 people in 180 households**, the 227th largest of 833 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.7%.

- 1,244people (2011)
- 180households
- 75.3%literacy
- 803females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basnia

Of every 100 households in Basnia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 97 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basnia · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****98%**

**79%

Television ****32%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****97%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**12%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Basnia?

■ Basnia · ■ Mohammadabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.3%**

**69.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****803**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**928

Working population ****29.9%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.7% for men and 61.1% for women. 43% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 58 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (19%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 105 (28%) · **■** Marginal 131 (35%)

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 Mohammadabad

- Chak Molana Khejir1,255 people
- Hasanpur Gaura1,254 people
- Todar1,254 people
- Sekhanpur1,248 people
- Habipur1,234 people
- Sherpur Totari1,221 people
- Amaropur1,216 people
- Paharpur Taufir1,211 people

[All 1,134 villages in Mohammadabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/mohammadabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basnia?1,244 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basnia in?Ghazipur district (Mohammadabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basnia?75.3% (Census 2011)