# Basantpur Village, Nichlaul, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nichlaul, Mahrajganj 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Nichlaul sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **468 people in 77 households**, the 251st largest of 282 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 468people (2011)
- 77households
- 65.6%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**59%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****99%**

**84%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basantpur?

■ Basantpur · ■ Nichlaul rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.6%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**921

Working population ****26.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 55.0% for women. 47% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 77 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 14 (11%) · **■** Marginal 9 (7%)

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 Nichlaul

- Gularbhar509 people
- Medhauli Kalan509 people
- Gedauri495 people
- Kuriya487 people
- Mahada453 people
- Amu Talab451 people
- Patauna437 people
- Dighwa418 people

[All 314 villages in Nichlaul](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/nichlaul/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?468 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Mahrajganj district (Nichlaul sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?65.6% (Census 2011)