# Basupur Village, Gauriganj, Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Gauriganj, Sultanpur 

# Basupur

Basupur is a village in Gauriganj sub-district of Sultanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,402 people in 220 households**, the 103rd largest of 257 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,402people (2011)
- 220households
- 71.8%literacy
- 1,096females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basupur

Of every 100 households in Basupur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basupur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**28%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****74%**

**83%

Television ****26%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**6%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basupur?

■ Basupur · ■ Gauriganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1096**

**986

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**933

Working population ****59.1%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 63.2% for women. 59% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 79 (10%) · **■** Household industry 29 (4%) · **■** Other work 43 (5%) · **■** Marginal 634 (77%)

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

- Pathanpur1,449 people
- Dakkhin Gaon1,425 people
- Atta Nagar1,417 people
- Pachehri1,403 people
- Benipur Baldeo1,398 people
- Asaida Pur1,387 people
- Jagdishpur1,384 people
- Nimi1,382 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basupur?1,402 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basupur in?Sultanpur district (Gauriganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basupur?71.8% (Census 2011)