# Basta Village, Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Akbarpur, Kanpur Dehat 

# Basta

Basta is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Kanpur Dehat district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **839 people in 175 households**, the 195th largest of 267 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.4%.

- 839people (2011)
- 175households
- 70.2%literacy
- 877females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basta

Of every 100 households in Basta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basta · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**28%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****55%**

**68%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**4%

None of these assets ****24%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Basta?

■ Basta · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**76.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****877**

**866

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**899

Working population ****37.3%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 61.0% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (6%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (9%) · **■** Marginal 189 (60%)

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 Akbarpur

- Shahbajpur Nariha868 people
- Bilai867 people
- Partappur Udet866 people
- Paman848 people
- Banna Jakha824 people
- Hirdaypur Mazara Partappur818 people
- Patra Tappa Mandauli815 people
- Hilauthi808 people

[All 275 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kanpur-dehat/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basta?839 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basta in?Kanpur Dehat district (Akbarpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basta?70.2% (Census 2011)