# Basan Village, Lohaghat, Champawat (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Lohaghat, Champawat 

# Basan

Basan is a village in Lohaghat sub-district of Champawat district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **162 people in 31 households**, the 147th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 162people (2011)
- 31households
- 77.4%literacy
- 1,160females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basan

Of every 100 households in Basan in 2011, 82 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basan · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**36%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**63%

Tap water ****100%**

**76%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**21%

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

**26%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**74%

Use banking services ****54%**

**75%

Television ****15%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****48%**

**38%

Own their home ****94%**

**93%

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 Basan?

■ Basan · ■ Lohaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1160**

**1054

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**877

Working population ****51.2%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 68.1% for women. 49% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 25 (30%) · **■** Other work 9 (11%) · **■** Marginal 49 (59%)

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 Lohaghat

- Salan165 people
- Sirtoli165 people
- Gaika Jyula164 people
- Badole162 people
- Dunga Bora162 people
- Kheti162 people
- Nakot Kholiya158 people
- Sagar158 people

[All 287 villages in Lohaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/champawat/lohaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basan?162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basan in?Champawat district (Lohaghat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basan?77.4% (Census 2011)