# Basti Village, Rasra, Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Rasra, Ballia 

# Basti

Basti is a village in Rasra sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,138 people in 158 households**, the 140th largest of 346 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,138people (2011)
- 158households
- 65.1%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basti

Of every 100 households in Basti in 2011, 2 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 81 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basti · ■ Rasra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****87%**

**80%

Television ****13%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****81%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Rasra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****760**

**898

Working population ****34.9%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.9% for men and 56.3% for women. 45% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 28 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (2%) · **■** Household industry 24 (6%) · **■** Other work 82 (21%) · **■** Marginal 254 (64%)

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 Rasra

- Fattehpur1,177 people
- Pachwar1,164 people
- Amhara1,160 people
- Rampur1,150 people
- Kamsipur1,121 people
- Khempur1,119 people
- Sahdesh1,097 people
- Narachh1,082 people

[All 400 villages in Rasra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/ballia/rasra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basti?1,138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basti in?Ballia district (Rasra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basti?65.1% (Census 2011)