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

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Village · Rasra, Ballia 

# Bastoura

Bastoura is a village in Rasra sub-district of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **2,228 people in 252 households**, the 75th largest of 346 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 2,228people (2011)
- 252households
- 59.3%literacy
- 875females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bastoura

Of every 100 households in Bastoura in 2011, 1 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bastoura · ■ Rasra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**82%

Tap water ****18%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****86%**

**80%

Television ****35%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**13%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****1%**

**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 Bastoura?

■ Bastoura · ■ Rasra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****875**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****717**

**898

Working population ****38.7%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.9% for men and 54.1% for women. 43% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 191 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (20%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 94 (11%) · **■** Marginal 385 (45%)

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

- Goura2,316 people
- Cachiya2,281 people
- Mahrajpur2,259 people
- Kodra2,235 people
- Khari2,207 people
- Urdaina2,188 people
- Rekuanasirpur2,185 people
- Madhopur2,167 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bastoura?2,228 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bastoura in?Ballia district (Rasra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bastoura?59.3% (Census 2011)