# Basti Village, Azamgarh, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Azamgarh, Azamgarh 

# Basti

Basti is a village in Azamgarh sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **940 people in 148 households**, the 279th largest of 605 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.4%.

- 940people (2011)
- 148households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,122females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basti

Of every 100 households in Basti in 2011, 30 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Basti · ■ Azamgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**80%

Tap water ****4%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****89%**

**81%

Television ****30%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****5%**

**8%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Basti?

■ Basti · ■ Azamgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**70.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1122**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**916

Working population ****32.7%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 66.6% for women. 40% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (6%) · **■** Household industry 12 (4%) · **■** Other work 55 (18%) · **■** Marginal 208 (68%)

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 Azamgarh

- Babhnauli Or Babhnauli Mafi947 people
- Hegapur947 people
- Chak Dina Khan946 people
- Mamarkhapur945 people
- Maddhupur935 people
- Vasirpur Or Vasir935 people
- Devkhari932 people
- Sonawar929 people

[All 666 villages in Azamgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/azamgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basti?940 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basti in?Azamgarh district (Azamgarh sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basti?75.6% (Census 2011)