# Baswar Village, Maharajganj, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Maharajganj, Mahrajganj 

# Baswar

Baswar is a village in Maharajganj sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,732 people in 299 households**, the 283rd largest of 442 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 1,732people (2011)
- 299households
- 70.1%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baswar

Of every 100 households in Baswar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 85 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baswar · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**84%

Television ****33%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****85%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**8%

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 Baswar?

■ Baswar · ■ Maharajganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****862**

**928

Working population ****22.9%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 57.2% for women. 40% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (4%) · **■** Household industry 21 (5%) · **■** Other work 144 (36%) · **■** Marginal 171 (43%)

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 Maharajganj

- Beilia1,760 people
- Murila Chaudhari1,756 people
- Sawana1,746 people
- Sohanpur Urf Sonkatia1,740 people
- Budhirampur1,728 people
- Nandana1,724 people
- Mahdeva1,722 people
- Parasa Buzurg1,722 people

[All 449 villages in Maharajganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/maharajganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baswar?1,732 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baswar in?Mahrajganj district (Maharajganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baswar?70.1% (Census 2011)