# Biskalan Village, Saidpur, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Saidpur, Ghazipur 

# Biskalan

Biskalan is a village in Saidpur sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **124 people in 14 households**, the 499th largest of 582 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 124people (2011)
- 14households
- 79.6%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Biskalan

Of every 100 households in Biskalan in 2011, 14 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Biskalan · ■ Saidpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****93%**

**79%

Television ****7%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**15%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****0%**

**7%

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 Biskalan?

■ Biskalan · ■ Saidpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.6%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**998

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**896

Working population ****29.8%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 68.8% for women. 41% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 3 (8%) · **■** Other work 14 (38%) · **■** Marginal 20 (54%)

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 Saidpur

- Nawchak137 people
- Bharpur134 people
- Barah Pur132 people
- Sekrora126 people
- Isopur123 people
- Umary118 people
- Nohata115 people
- Atraura113 people

[All 646 villages in Saidpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/saidpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Biskalan?124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Biskalan in?Ghazipur district (Saidpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Biskalan?79.6% (Census 2011)