# Basia Village, Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Sahjanwa, Gorakhpur 

# Basia

Basia is a village in Sahjanwa sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,808 people in 288 households**, the 59th largest of 302 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.2%.

- 1,808people (2011)
- 288households
- 75.5%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basia

Of every 100 households in Basia in 2011, 48 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 28 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Basia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**78%

Tap water ****95%**

**40%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****28%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**85%

Use banking services ****73%**

**83%

Television ****34%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**3%

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

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basia?

■ Basia · ■ Sahjanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**70.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****755**

**902

Working population ****26.9%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 63.3% for women. 42% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 31 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (8%) · **■** Household industry 34 (7%) · **■** Other work 180 (37%) · **■** Marginal 203 (42%)

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 Sahjanwa

- Bargo1,878 people
- Domhar1,874 people
- Narang Patti1,873 people
- Kaili1,865 people
- Saraya1,808 people
- Jogia Kol1,796 people
- Kodari Khas1,778 people
- Mustafabad1,769 people

[All 347 villages in Sahjanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/sahjanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basia?1,808 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basia in?Gorakhpur district (Sahjanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basia?75.5% (Census 2011)