# Mahasin Village, Bansgaon, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Bansgaon, Gorakhpur 

# Mahasin

Mahasin is a village in Bansgaon sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,267 people in 189 households**, the 97th largest of 468 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,267people (2011)
- 189households
- 72.1%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahasin

Of every 100 households in Mahasin in 2011, 68 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahasin · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****68%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**76%

Tap water ****6%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**88%

Use banking services ****94%**

**81%

Television ****40%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**18%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****6%**

**10%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Mahasin?

■ Mahasin · ■ Bansgaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**903

Working population ****26.2%**

**27.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.1% for men and 61.7% for women. 48% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 113 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 208 (63%)

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

- Deokali1,342 people
- Fulhar Khurd1,337 people
- Chandauli Bujurg1,284 people
- Dhaski1,269 people
- Mehdiya1,265 people
- Salarpur1,254 people
- Katya1,242 people
- Tikari1,242 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahasin?1,267 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahasin in?Gorakhpur district (Bansgaon sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Mahasin?72.1% (Census 2011)