# Bastam Village, Deoband, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Deoband, Saharanpur 

# Bastam

Bastam is a village in Deoband sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,565 people in 290 households**, the 101st largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,565people (2011)
- 290households
- 73.9%literacy
- 843females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bastam

Of every 100 households in Bastam in 2011, 96 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bastam · ■ Deoband rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**76%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Use banking services ****78%**

**75%

Television ****60%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**10%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Bastam?

■ Bastam · ■ Deoband rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****843**

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****832**

**862

Working population ****32.8%**

**29.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 61.3% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (20%) · **■** Marginal 130 (25%)

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 Deoband

- Nagli Noor1,648 people
- Bibipur1,607 people
- Amarpur Nain1,601 people
- Jataula Damodarpur1,598 people
- Aamki Dipchandpur Must.1,554 people
- Shahjahanpur1,534 people
- Mahmoodpur1,518 people
- Bhavanpur1,510 people

[All 236 villages in Deoband](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/saharanpur/deoband/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bastam?1,565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bastam in?Saharanpur district (Deoband sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bastam?73.9% (Census 2011)