# Basaikpur Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Basaikpur

Basaikpur is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,787 people in 299 households**, the 73rd largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,787people (2011)
- 299households
- 80.2%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basaikpur

Of every 100 households in Basaikpur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 27 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basaikpur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**28%

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

**12%

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

**86%

Tap water ****58%**

**28%

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

**36%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****89%**

**83%

Television ****23%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****27%**

**15%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basaikpur?

■ Basaikpur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.2%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1156**

**933

Working population ****34.6%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 68.2% for women. 48% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 133 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (14%) · **■** Household industry 42 (7%) · **■** Other work 174 (28%) · **■** Marginal 185 (30%)

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 Gauriganj

- Sujanpur1,872 people
- Basantpur1,864 people
- Bahan Pur1,828 people
- Adilpur1,817 people
- Ulra1,780 people
- Janapur1,778 people
- Bahorakha1,775 people
- Misrauli1,738 people

[All 259 villages in Gauriganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/sultanpur/gauriganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basaikpur?1,787 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basaikpur in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basaikpur?80.2% (Census 2011)