# Basantpur Village, Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shohratgarh, Siddharthnagar 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Shohratgarh sub-district of Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,802 people in 270 households**, the 56th largest of 351 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 57.5%.

- 1,802people (2011)
- 270households
- 57.5%literacy
- 1,052females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**19%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**89%

Tap water ****36%**

**35%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****72%**

**79%

Television ****14%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**11%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****6%**

**11%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 · ■ Shohratgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.5%**

**57.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1052**

**969

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****995**

**928

Working population ****33.8%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 45.4% for women. 38% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 153 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (7%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 44 (7%) · **■** Marginal 344 (56%)

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 Shohratgarh

- Belawa1,856 people
- Bhadehar Grant1,835 people
- Jakhauliya1,805 people
- Dhanaura Buzurg1,804 people
- Jamuni1,784 people
- Parsa1,775 people
- Ramwapur Nankar1,775 people
- Manikaura1,763 people

[All 366 villages in Shohratgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/siddharthnagar/shohratgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?1,802 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Siddharthnagar district (Shohratgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?57.5% (Census 2011)