# Banskhera Village, Bajpur, Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Bajpur, Udham Singh Nagar 

# Banskhera

Banskhera is a village in Bajpur sub-district of Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **1,452 people in 262 households**, the 30th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,452people (2011)
- 262households
- 68.5%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Banskhera

Of every 100 households in Banskhera in 2011, 79 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 40 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Banskhera · ■ Bajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**76%

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

**52%

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

**48%

Tap water ****28%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**80%

Use banking services ****89%**

**67%

Television ****77%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****40%**

**27%

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

**6%

None of these assets ****1%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Banskhera?

■ Banskhera · ■ Bajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.5%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**918

Working population ****43.6%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 54.7% for women. 57% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 185 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 218 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (7%) · **■** Marginal 175 (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 Bajpur

- Tanda Azam1,520 people
- Maholi Jangal1,508 people
- Chanakpur1,486 people
- Dhansara1,466 people
- Jogipura1,433 people
- Sakadi1,428 people
- Lakhanpur1,408 people
- Vijai Rampura1,390 people

[All 125 villages in Bajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/udham-singh-nagar/bajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Banskhera?1,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Banskhera in?Udham Singh Nagar district (Bajpur sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Banskhera?68.5% (Census 2011)