# Basti Village, Nawabganj, Bara Banki (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nawabganj, Bara Banki 

# Basti

Basti is a village in Nawabganj sub-district of Bara Banki district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,342 people in 888 households**, the 20th largest of 387 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.0%.

- 5,342people (2011)
- 888households
- 71.2%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basti

Of every 100 households in Basti in 2011, 38 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 25 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basti · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****58%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**88%

Use banking services ****89%**

**78%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****25%**

**19%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**10%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Nawabganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**64.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****928**

**935

Working population ****35.4%**

**36.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 62.6% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 632 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 454 (24%) · **■** Household industry 44 (2%) · **■** Other work 187 (10%) · **■** Marginal 574 (30%)

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 Nawabganj

- Kheoli5,934 people
- Balchhat5,839 people
- Sursanda5,771 people
- Seth Mau5,464 people
- Rahra Mau5,148 people
- Darhara5,143 people
- Ambaur4,925 people
- Banki4,794 people

[All 388 villages in Nawabganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/bara-banki/nawabganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basti?5,342 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basti in?Bara Banki district (Nawabganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basti?71.2% (Census 2011)