# Basuka Village, Zamania, Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Zamania, Ghazipur 

# Basuka

Basuka is a village in Zamania sub-district of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **8,326 people in 1,072 households**, the 13th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.8%.

- 8,326people (2011)
- 1,072households
- 58.8%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basuka

Of every 100 households in Basuka in 2011, 6 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basuka · ■ Zamania rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**68%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****59%**

**50%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**69%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**14%

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 Basuka?

■ Basuka · ■ Zamania rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**72.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**908

Working population ****30.4%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.3% for men and 46.0% for women. 42% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 258 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 537 (21%) · **■** Household industry 48 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,034 (41%) · **■** Marginal 652 (26%)

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 Zamania

- Pokhara11,278 people
- Raksaha11,125 people
- Suhwal10,872 people
- Phulli T. Chaudhari Azamal9,374 people
- Nariyaon Urf Umar Ganj7,816 people
- Jeevpur7,791 people
- Utrauli7,534 people
- Dewal7,513 people

[All 386 villages in Zamania](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ghazipur/zamania/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basuka?8,326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basuka in?Ghazipur district (Zamania sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basuka?58.8% (Census 2011)