# Basot Village, Kosya Kutauli, Nainital (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Kosya Kutauli, Nainital 

# Basot

Basot is a village in Kosya Kutauli sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **21 people in 5 households**, the 113th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 21people (2011)
- 5households
- 77.8%literacy
- 615females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basot

Of every 100 households in Basot in 2011, 80 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basot · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**93%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**22%

Tap water ****100%**

**84%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**33%

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

**20%

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

**79%

Use banking services ****80%**

**80%

Television ****0%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Basot?

■ Basot · ■ Kosya Kutauli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****615**

**1016

Working population ****52.4%**

**51.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 62.5% for women. 38% of men and 75% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Cultivators 4 (36%) · **■** Marginal 7 (64%)

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

- Dumgaon33 people
- Kapula31 people
- Bhowali Range30 people
- Jogi Nauli25 people
- Chautli14 people
- Dhania Khan Talla14 people
- Dotiyal Gaon8 people
- Nani Banj6 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basot?21 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basot in?Nainital district (Kosya Kutauli sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basot?77.8% (Census 2011)