# Basahia Village, Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur 

# Basahia

Basahia is a village in Chauri Chaura sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,629 people in 260 households**, the 93rd largest of 205 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,629people (2011)
- 260households
- 68.5%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basahia

Of every 100 households in Basahia in 2011, 29 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basahia · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**92%

Use banking services ****98%**

**78%

Television ****32%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**15%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**9%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basahia?

■ Basahia · ■ Chauri Chaura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**914

Working population ****40.6%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 57.1% for women. 48% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 48 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 56 (8%) · **■** Marginal 509 (77%)

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 Chauri Chaura

- Lalapur1,670 people
- Amdiha1,660 people
- Karhi1,658 people
- Mundera1,643 people
- Sarar Majhganwa1,600 people
- Kolhua1,579 people
- Bhagwan Pur1,570 people
- Dudhai1,562 people

[All 216 villages in Chauri Chaura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/chauri-chaura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basahia?1,629 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basahia in?Gorakhpur district (Chauri Chaura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basahia?68.5% (Census 2011)