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Besahani Population - Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Besahani is a medium size village located in Khajni Tehsil of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh with total 227 families residing. The Besahani village has population of 1667 of which 853 are males while 814 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Besahani village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 10.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Besahani village is 954 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Besahani as per census is 944, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Besahani village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Besahani village was 61.60 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Besahani Male literacy stands at 72.21 % while female literacy rate was 50.48 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Besahani village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Besahani village.

Besahani Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 227 - -
Population 1,667 853 814
Child (0-6) 175 90 85
Schedule Caste 346 170 176
Schedule Tribe 7 3 4
Literacy 61.60 % 72.21 % 50.48 %
Total Workers 448 390 58
Main Worker 250 - -
Marginal Worker 198 161 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.76 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.42 % of total population in Besahani village.

Work Profile

In Besahani village out of total population, 448 were engaged in work activities. 55.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 448 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.