# Basaura Village, Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar 

# Basaura

Basaura is a village in Ghatampur sub-district of Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,545 people in 301 households**, the 123rd largest of 298 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,545people (2011)
- 301households
- 77.0%literacy
- 846females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basaura

Of every 100 households in Basaura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basaura · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****77%**

**80%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**17%

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 Basaura?

■ Basaura · ■ Ghatampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****846**

**865

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**887

Working population ****36.2%**

**39.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.2% for men and 69.5% for women. 53% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (25%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 34 (6%) · **■** Marginal 261 (47%)

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 Ghatampur

- Gajipur1,635 people
- Anupur1,587 people
- Hatheruwa1,570 people
- Birsinghpur1,558 people
- Pasema1,542 people
- Bamburaha1,519 people
- Marha1,518 people
- Viran Khera1,505 people

[All 319 villages in Ghatampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-nagar/ghatampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basaura?1,545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basaura in?Kanpur Nagar district (Ghatampur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basaura?77.0% (Census 2011)