# Basai Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Basai

Basai is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **390 people in 77 households**, the 491st largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 390people (2011)
- 77households
- 87.0%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basai

Of every 100 households in Basai in 2011, 5 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Basai · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**69%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****71%**

**77%

Television ****26%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**2%

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

**14%

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 Basai?

■ Basai · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****692**

**916

Working population ****22.1%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.4% for men and 81.2% for women. 39% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 59 (69%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Household industry 9 (10%) · **■** Other work 12 (14%) · **■** Marginal 4 (5%)

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 Powayan

- Patni398 people
- Khajuria393 people
- Kunwarpur Japti393 people
- Gauntia J. Ikdhara391 people
- Kamalpur386 people
- Nawalpur386 people
- Kanja381 people
- Miyanpur J. Paigapur380 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basai?390 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basai in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basai?87.0% (Census 2011)