# Basonti Village, Mathura, Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Mathura, Mathura 

# Basonti

Basonti is a village in Mathura sub-district of Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,679 people in 418 households**, the 81st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.8%.

- 2,679people (2011)
- 418households
- 70.2%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basonti

Of every 100 households in Basonti in 2011, 91 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basonti · ■ Mathura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**72%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**23%

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

**76%

Tap water ****15%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**31%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**85%

Use banking services ****80%**

**72%

Television ****55%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**30%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Basonti?

■ Basonti · ■ Mathura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**70.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**867

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****961**

**869

Working population ****34.4%**

**31.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 54.6% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (8%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 193 (21%) · **■** Marginal 357 (39%)

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 Mathura

- Dharmpura2,806 people
- Bhadaya2,763 people
- Ladpur2,713 people
- Chharhgaon2,699 people
- Malhu2,677 people
- Umari2,661 people
- Malsarai2,648 people
- Sonkh Dehat2,630 people

[All 240 villages in Mathura](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mathura/mathura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basonti?2,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basonti in?Mathura district (Mathura sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basonti?70.2% (Census 2011)