# Basahwa Village, Pharenda, Mahrajganj (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pharenda, Mahrajganj 

# Basahwa

Basahwa is a village in Pharenda sub-district of Mahrajganj district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **165 people in 23 households**, the 217th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.2%.

- 165people (2011)
- 23households
- 55.6%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basahwa

Of every 100 households in Basahwa in 2011, 26 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basahwa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**25%

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

**15%

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

**84%

Tap water ****74%**

**43%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**43%

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

**5%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****100%**

**85%

Television ****17%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****100%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****0%**

**8%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basahwa?

■ Basahwa · ■ Pharenda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.6%**

**62.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**941

Working population ****45.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 40.8% for women. 49% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 23 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 50 (67%)

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 Pharenda

- Bahadur Garh246 people
- Karkhi240 people
- Deurwa177 people
- Basdila172 people
- Chhitauni126 people
- Gulariha Tappa Rinauli123 people
- Chak Tolaha113 people
- Sikara87 people

[All 233 villages in Pharenda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mahrajganj/pharenda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basahwa?165 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basahwa in?Mahrajganj district (Pharenda sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basahwa?55.6% (Census 2011)