# Basai Village, Ramnagar, Nainital (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Ramnagar, Nainital 

# Basai

Basai is a village in Ramnagar sub-district of Nainital district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,302 people in 254 households**, the 21st largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.5%.

- 1,302people (2011)
- 254households
- 86.8%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basai

Of every 100 households in Basai in 2011, 93 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 69 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 29 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Basai · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**74%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**42%

Tap water ****78%**

**62%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****69%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**67%

Use banking services ****85%**

**63%

Television ****71%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****29%**

**22%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**4%

None of these assets ****6%**

**17%

Own their home ****80%**

**77%

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 Basai?

■ Basai · ■ Ramnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**77.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****920**

**912

Working population ****31.9%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 83.3% for women. 49% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 104 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (43%) · **■** Marginal 116 (28%)

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 Ramnagar

- Shankarpur Bhud1,511 people
- Kota Range1,462 people
- Dhela1,402 people
- Dhikuli1,344 people
- Himmatpur Block1,290 people
- Taira1,259 people
- Anand Nagar1,139 people
- Goujani1,117 people

[All 146 villages in Ramnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/nainital/ramnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basai?1,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basai in?Nainital district (Ramnagar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basai?86.8% (Census 2011)