# Basti Village, Nizamabad, Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nizamabad, Azamgarh 

# Basti

Basti is a village in Nizamabad sub-district of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,356 people in 348 households**, the 52nd largest of 536 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,356people (2011)
- 348households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,083females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basti

Of every 100 households in Basti in 2011, 25 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Basti · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**94%

Use banking services ****39%**

**78%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**74%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**18%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 · ■ Nizamabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1083**

**1037

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**918

Working population ****21.3%**

**29.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 64.5% for women. 40% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 105 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (18%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 115 (23%) · **■** Marginal 187 (37%)

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 Nizamabad

- Badhariya2,445 people
- Tahbarpur2,416 people
- Chanda Bhari2,396 people
- Rasulpur2,372 people
- Banvirpur2,350 people
- Merhi2,327 people
- Surahi Bujurg2,314 people
- Faijullahpur2,292 people

[All 563 villages in Nizamabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/azamgarh/nizamabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basti?2,356 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basti in?Azamgarh district (Nizamabad sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basti?73.5% (Census 2011)