# Basawn Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Basawn

Basawn is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,900 people in 389 households**, the 49th largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 2,900people (2011)
- 389households
- 81.1%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basawn

Of every 100 households in Basawn in 2011, 29 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basawn · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**7%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****84%**

**82%

Television ****57%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**19%

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

**3%

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

**7%

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 Basawn?

■ Basawn · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****724**

**899

Working population ****34.5%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 70.8% for women. 45% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 449 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 80 (8%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 404 (40%) · **■** Marginal 51 (5%)

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 Pindra

- Thana3,094 people
- Ausanpur3,077 people
- Gaura2,988 people
- Khariya Khas2,974 people
- Aneai2,898 people
- Pashchim Patti2,836 people
- Kushmara2,792 people
- Changwar2,766 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basawn?2,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basawn in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basawn?81.1% (Census 2011)