# Basi Village, Dudhi, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Dudhi, Sonbhadra 

# Basi

Basi is a village in Dudhi sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,258 people in 344 households**, the 73rd largest of 279 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 56.9%.

- 2,258people (2011)
- 344households
- 67.9%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basi

Of every 100 households in Basi in 2011, 78 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 21 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 48 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Basi · ■ Dudhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**84%

Tap water ****25%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****21%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****33%**

**93%

Use banking services ****96%**

**82%

Television ****65%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****8%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****48%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**22%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Basi?

■ Basi · ■ Dudhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**56.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**929

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**939

Working population ****24.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.6% for men and 58.0% for women. 39% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 367 (67%) · **■** Marginal 131 (24%)

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 Dudhi

- Machbandhawa2,425 people
- Bhawar2,291 people
- Chak Chapki2,286 people
- Parani2,281 people
- Jamapani2,250 people
- Khajuri2,231 people
- Teraha2,212 people
- Fulawar2,198 people

[All 291 villages in Dudhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/dudhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basi?2,258 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basi in?Sonbhadra district (Dudhi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basi?67.9% (Census 2011)