# Basantpur Village, Nautanwa, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nautanwa, Mahrajganj 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Nautanwa sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,759 people in 304 households**, the 113th largest of 263 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.2%.

- 1,759people (2011)
- 304households
- 60.5%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 7 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**87%

Tap water ****68%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**40%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****84%**

**79%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**66%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**7%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Basantpur?

■ Basantpur · ■ Nautanwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**59.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****772**

**939

Working population ****35.3%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.7% for men and 48.5% for women. 51% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 78 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (30%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 101 (16%) · **■** Marginal 251 (40%)

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 Nautanwa

- Eksarva1,800 people
- Bishunpur Phulvariya1,791 people
- Phulvariya1,774 people
- Mahuva1,761 people
- Achalgarh1,735 people
- Rajapur1,735 people
- Baranhava1,731 people
- Chhapwa1,727 people

[All 266 villages in Nautanwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nautanwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?1,759 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Mahrajganj district (Nautanwa sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?60.5% (Census 2011)