Basuka, Ghazipur

Basuka is a village in Ghazipur District of Uttar Pradesh, India. The village is 28 km from Ghazipur district headquarter. The nearest railway station to the village is Bhadaura (3 km) and Karahia (3.5 km). The main occupations of people of the village is Agriculture. The main caste living there are Bhumihar (Brahmin), Brahman, Yadav, Muslims and other backward and schedule caste.

The main language spoken by people of the village is Bhojpuri as well as Hindi. Traditionally, most of the geographical land belonged to Bhumihar families, in which they themselves do agriculture practices or lend it to others.

Religion and culture

The majority of people in village follow Hindu religion and the minorities are following Muslim religion.

The village has multiple temples and a mosque. In the east side of the village, there is Budhwa Shiv Jee temple which is said to be older than 100 years and peoples of the village have great faith and belief, making it of great religious importance in the village. Another one is Mahavir ji mandir which also has religious importance.

Education

The village has 2 schools, of which one is in the east of the village, Kanya Ucchatar Maadhyamik Vidyalaya and other is on the west, Saraswati Shishu Mandir, that are runs under UP board. The village has 1 Madarsa as well.

Courtesan
The village houses multiple tawayaf (female dancers, courtesans), who used to perform Mujra. But in the last few decades, this tradition has been on steep decline. Most of them settle on the Paschim Chhor(West Side) of the village.