# Basgit Village, Kerakat, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kerakat, Jaunpur 

# Basgit

Basgit is a village in Kerakat sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,105 people in 176 households**, the 217th largest of 421 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,105people (2011)
- 176households
- 56.8%literacy
- 1,097females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basgit

Of every 100 households in Basgit in 2011, 6 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basgit · ■ Kerakat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**81%

Tap water ****3%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**30%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****99%**

**82%

Television ****38%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****1%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basgit?

■ Basgit · ■ Kerakat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1097**

**1052

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****779**

**912

Working population ****23.4%**

**30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.3% for men and 47.0% for women. 42% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 114 (44%) · **■** Marginal 30 (12%)

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 Kerakat

- Kakori1,134 people
- Rehari1,127 people
- Nadauli1,109 people
- Jamuari1,108 people
- Surhurpur1,100 people
- Surakpur1,099 people
- Bodsarkalan1,083 people
- Ratnupur1,068 people

[All 424 villages in Kerakat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/kerakat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basgit?1,105 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basgit in?Jaunpur district (Kerakat sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basgit?56.8% (Census 2011)