# Basantpur Village, Gola, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gola, Gorakhpur 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Gola sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,041 people in 129 households**, the 179th largest of 626 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.4%.

- 1,041people (2011)
- 129households
- 67.6%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 42 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Gola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**23%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****98%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****82%**

**81%

Television ****18%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**75%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**18%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****16%**

**8%

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 Basantpur?

■ Basantpur · ■ Gola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.6%**

**71.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**996

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**914

Working population ****24.4%**

**28.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 56.3% for women. 43% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (1%) · **■** Household industry 10 (4%) · **■** Other work 169 (67%) · **■** Marginal 46 (18%)

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 Gola

- Rampur Garari1,049 people
- Shanichara Patti Dube1,048 people
- Bharwali1,043 people
- Ahirouli1,042 people
- Mishrauli1,037 people
- Bachhepar1,030 people
- Kotia Nayar1,030 people
- Ghora Lotan1,028 people

[All 713 villages in Gola](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/gola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?1,041 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Gorakhpur district (Gola sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?67.6% (Census 2011)