# Basawa Khedi Village, Roorkee, Hardwar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Roorkee, Hardwar 

# Basawa Khedi

Basawa Khedi is a village in Roorkee sub-district of Hardwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,593 people in 270 households**, the 143rd largest of 266 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 1,593people (2011)
- 270households
- 76.8%literacy
- 865females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basawa Khedi

Of every 100 households in Basawa Khedi in 2011, 52 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 34 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basawa Khedi · ■ Roorkee rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**78%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****68%**

**48%

Tap water ****30%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****73%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**86%

Use banking services ****78%**

**64%

Television ****78%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****34%**

**26%

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

**3%

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

**11%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Basawa Khedi?

■ Basawa Khedi · ■ Roorkee rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**884

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****876**

**879

Working population ****46.3%**

**29.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 62.5% for women. 63% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 207 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 164 (22%) · **■** Marginal 302 (41%)

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 Roorkee

- Lakhnauta1,663 people
- Matlabapur1,630 people
- Shikarpur1,620 people
- Bood Pur Chauhan1,600 people
- Mandawar1,562 people
- Sikandarpur Mawal1,556 people
- Khanpur1,544 people
- Sadauli1,535 people

[All 309 villages in Roorkee](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/hardwar/roorkee/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basawa Khedi?1,593 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basawa Khedi in?Hardwar district (Roorkee sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basawa Khedi?76.8% (Census 2011)