# Basantpur Village, Biswan, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Biswan, Sitapur 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Biswan sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,161 people in 234 households**, the 229th largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.1%.

- 1,161people (2011)
- 234households
- 41.6%literacy
- 828females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 16 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Biswan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**6%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**88%

Tap water ****63%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**58%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****86%**

**78%

Television ****7%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

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 · ■ Biswan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.6%**

**53.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****828**

**890

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**947

Working population ****29.0%**

**32.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 55.2% for men and 24.6% for women. 49% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 277 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (12%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 19 (6%)

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 Biswan

- Devtapur1,188 people
- Kuchalaiya1,176 people
- Bari1,170 people
- Chahlari1,167 people
- Bhithana1,158 people
- Rushen1,152 people
- Sohaliya1,152 people
- Nipnia Mafi1,132 people

[All 347 villages in Biswan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/biswan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?1,161 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Sitapur district (Biswan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?41.6% (Census 2011)