# Basahi Village, Ghorawal, Sonbhadra (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra 

# Basahi

Basahi is a village in Ghorawal sub-district of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **537 people in 98 households**, the 183rd largest of 342 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 537people (2011)
- 98households
- 65.4%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basahi

Of every 100 households in Basahi in 2011, 9 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Basahi · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**12%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****88%**

**86%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Basahi?

■ Basahi · ■ Ghorawal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**929

Working population ****50.1%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 54.8% for women. 53% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 263 (98%)

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 Ghorawal

- Baijanath552 people
- Musha550 people
- Marachhi540 people
- Mushrdhara538 people
- Mhunyw Pandy537 people
- Barauli536 people
- Sapahi536 people
- Chain534 people

[All 345 villages in Ghorawal](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sonbhadra/ghorawal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basahi?537 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basahi in?Sonbhadra district (Ghorawal sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basahi?65.4% (Census 2011)