# Basantapur Village, Dhaurahara, Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Dhaurahara, Kheri 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Dhaurahara sub-district of Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,445 people in 442 households**, the 82nd largest of 194 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 48.0%.

- 2,445people (2011)
- 442households
- 57.8%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Dhaurahara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**5%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**75%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Dhaurahara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**48.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**882

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**950

Working population ****31.6%**

**32.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 45.7% for women. 49% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 299 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (26%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 57 (7%) · **■** Marginal 197 (26%)

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 Dhaurahara

- Bhooshepur2,503 people
- Mohammadapur2,496 people
- Samar Dahri2,461 people
- Akathi2,450 people
- Vally2,401 people
- Gourhee2,362 people
- Moodi2,360 people
- Jangalvolly2,358 people

[All 210 villages in Dhaurahara](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kheri/dhaurahara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?2,445 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Kheri district (Dhaurahara sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?57.8% (Census 2011)