# Basiraha Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Basiraha

Basiraha is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,164 people in 192 households**, the 223rd largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 1,164people (2011)
- 192households
- 66.4%literacy
- 1,144females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basiraha

Of every 100 households in Basiraha in 2011, 5 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 89 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basiraha · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****97%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**80%

Television ****3%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****89%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**3%

None of these assets ****3%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basiraha?

■ Basiraha · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1144**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**920

Working population ****17.2%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 51.8% for women. 36% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 110 (55%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (13%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 55 (28%)

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 Shahganj

- Barganva1,182 people
- Dandsawli1,179 people
- Karaundi1,177 people
- Younuspur1,165 people
- Khalasa Patti1,164 people
- Etauri1,158 people
- Urali1,155 people
- Junedpur1,148 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basiraha?1,164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basiraha in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basiraha?66.4% (Census 2011)