# Basikalan Village, Budhana, Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Budhana, Muzaffarnagar 

# Basikalan

Basikalan is a village in Budhana sub-district of Muzaffarnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,478 people in 743 households**, the 25th largest of 110 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.4%.

- 5,478people (2011)
- 743households
- 47.3%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basikalan

Of every 100 households in Basikalan in 2011, 22 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basikalan · ■ Budhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**40%

Tap water ****2%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**10%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****21%**

**64%

Television ****22%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****17%**

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basikalan?

■ Basikalan · ■ Budhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.3%**

**67.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**876

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****845**

**856

Working population ****27.5%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 34.0% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (6%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,208 (80%) · **■** Marginal 107 (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 Budhana

- Alipur Aterana5,777 people
- Sunna5,658 people
- Rajpur Chajpur5,593 people
- Bitaoda5,592 people
- Baroda5,456 people
- Mauhammadpur Raisingh5,160 people
- Garhi Nawabad5,069 people
- Toda5,050 people

[All 119 villages in Budhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/muzaffarnagar/budhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basikalan?5,478 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basikalan in?Muzaffarnagar district (Budhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basikalan?47.3% (Census 2011)