# Basantpur Village, Chunar, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Chunar, Mirzapur 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Chunar sub-district of Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **798 people in 131 households**, the 307th largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 798people (2011)
- 131households
- 73.9%literacy
- 942females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Chunar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**91%

Use banking services ****78%**

**73%

Television ****37%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**8%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Chunar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****942**

**916

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**902

Working population ****29.4%**

**36.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 61.0% for women. 44% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 34 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (19%) · **■** Household industry 11 (5%) · **■** Other work 86 (37%) · **■** Marginal 59 (25%)

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 Chunar

- Rajupur823 people
- Sukul Pura822 people
- Tiyara811 people
- Chitrahan810 people
- Phulwari798 people
- Asharphabad797 people
- Tetaria Khurd796 people
- Khekhara786 people

[All 620 villages in Chunar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/chunar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?798 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Mirzapur district (Chunar sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?73.9% (Census 2011)