# Basantapur Village, Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Aurai, Sant Ravidas Nagar 

# Basantapur

Basantapur is a village in Aurai sub-district of Sant Ravidas Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,406 people in 220 households**, the 99th largest of 320 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 1,406people (2011)
- 220households
- 64.5%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantapur

Of every 100 households in Basantapur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basantapur · ■ Aurai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**25%

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

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****79%**

**76%

Television ****22%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

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

**9%

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 Basantapur?

■ Basantapur · ■ Aurai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****954**

**904

Working population ****30.7%**

**30.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 53.9% for women. 46% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (3%) · **■** Household industry 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 90 (21%) · **■** Marginal 253 (59%)

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 Aurai

- Bishapur1,460 people
- Daraudha1,447 people
- Bitthalpur1,446 people
- Jethupur1,428 people
- Chak Niranjan1,405 people
- Bahutra Khurd1,380 people
- Pure Rajai1,375 people
- Mulapur Uparwar1,374 people

[All 358 villages in Aurai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sant-ravidas-nagar/aurai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantapur?1,406 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantapur in?Sant Ravidas Nagar district (Aurai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantapur?64.5% (Census 2011)