# Basgaon Village, Kosya Kutauli, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kosya Kutauli, Nainital 

# Basgaon

Basgaon is a village in Kosya Kutauli sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **284 people in 55 households**, the 44th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 284people (2011)
- 55households
- 75.2%literacy
- 1,427females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basgaon

Of every 100 households in Basgaon in 2011, 98 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basgaon · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**22%

Tap water ****98%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**79%

Use banking services ****75%**

**80%

Television ****39%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**88%

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 Basgaon?

■ Basgaon · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1427**

**1016

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****789**

**956

Working population ****45.1%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.9% for men and 63.2% for women. 37% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 51 (40%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 5 (4%) · **■** Marginal 69 (54%)

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 Kosya Kutauli

- Thulibanj291 people
- Sirodi290 people
- Chhimi Matela287 people
- Gangori287 people
- Kamoli284 people
- Niglat Talla280 people
- Dhari279 people
- Ulgore276 people

[All 126 villages in Kosya Kutauli](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/kosya-kutauli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basgaon?284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basgaon in?Nainital district (Kosya Kutauli sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basgaon?75.2% (Census 2011)