# Bhasma Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Bhasma

Bhasma is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,145 people in 368 households**, the 45th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 2,145people (2011)
- 368households
- 74.1%literacy
- 1,115females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bhasma

Of every 100 households in Bhasma in 2011, 44 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bhasma · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**76%

Tap water ****16%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****89%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**88%

Use banking services ****81%**

**81%

Television ****37%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****11%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bhasma?

■ Bhasma · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1115**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**903

Working population ****24.5%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 64.3% for women. 43% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (33%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 140 (27%) · **■** Marginal 67 (13%)

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 Bansgaon

- Sahuakolmus.2,191 people
- Jiginia Miyaon2,182 people
- Demusa2,170 people
- Baidauli Baboo2,148 people
- Teekar2,144 people
- Bistauli Khurd2,133 people
- Garyakol2,068 people
- Sohgaura2,054 people

[All 548 villages in Bansgaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/bansgaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bhasma?2,145 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhasma in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bhasma?74.1% (Census 2011)