# Basantpur Village, Mahmudabad, Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Mahmudabad, Sitapur 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Mahmudabad sub-district of Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **757 people in 147 households**, the 232nd largest of 341 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 37.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.7%.

- 757people (2011)
- 147households
- 37.6%literacy
- 1,103females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpur

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**90%

Tap water ****3%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**49%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****80%**

**80%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**14%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 · ■ Mahmudabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****37.6%**

**56.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1103**

**881

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**943

Working population ****36.5%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.2% for men and 31.8% for women. 54% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 42 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (18%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 175 (63%)

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 Mahmudabad

- Sahara Nankari782 people
- Godhaura771 people
- Ranni768 people
- Sahari762 people
- Baghhilapur756 people
- Imaliya Bhanpur751 people
- Gangela747 people
- Haithi736 people

[All 346 villages in Mahmudabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sitapur/mahmudabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpur?757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Sitapur district (Mahmudabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?37.6% (Census 2011)