# Basuhan Chak Village, Varanasi, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Varanasi, Varanasi 

# Basuhan Chak

Basuhan Chak is a village in Varanasi sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **600 people in 64 households**, the 627th largest of 835 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.2%.

- 600people (2011)
- 64households
- 72.6%literacy
- 780females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basuhan Chak

Of every 100 households in Basuhan Chak in 2011, 61 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 50 a two-wheeler and 19 a car.

■ Basuhan Chak · ■ Varanasi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**68%

Tap water ****3%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****77%**

**75%

Television ****84%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**64%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****50%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****19%**

**3%

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

**7%

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 Basuhan Chak?

■ Basuhan Chak · ■ Varanasi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**73.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****780**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**883

Working population ****44.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 56.2% for women. 45% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 211 (78%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (6%) · **■** Household industry 26 (10%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 5 (2%)

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 Varanasi

- Laxirampur608 people
- Majhmitia604 people
- Gosai Pur602 people
- Jamunipur601 people
- Barsara597 people
- Jamin Bairvan596 people
- Nighaura596 people
- Patre Chak596 people

[All 864 villages in Varanasi](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/varanasi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basuhan Chak?600 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basuhan Chak in?Varanasi district (Varanasi sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basuhan Chak?72.6% (Census 2011)