# Bastar Village, Karchhana, Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Karchhana, Allahabad 

# Bastar

Bastar is a village in Karchhana sub-district of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,562 people in 359 households**, the 72nd largest of 303 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.9%.

- 2,562people (2011)
- 359households
- 67.7%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bastar

Of every 100 households in Bastar in 2011, 23 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bastar · ■ Karchhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**79%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****80%**

**69%

Television ****23%**

**35%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****4%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Bastar?

■ Bastar · ■ Karchhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.7%**

**68.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**909

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**926

Working population ****37.4%**

**33.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 53.6% for women. 47% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 595 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (9%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 143 (15%) · **■** Marginal 113 (12%)

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 Karchhana

- Ghatwa2,616 people
- Bagbana2,606 people
- Antahiya2,602 people
- Labraha Choilaha2,564 people
- Lawayan Khurd2,560 people
- Tikri Ta.Kalmai2,545 people
- Benipur Arail2,542 people
- Hindupur2,475 people

[All 333 villages in Karchhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/allahabad/karchhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bastar?2,562 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bastar in?Allahabad district (Karchhana sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bastar?67.7% (Census 2011)