# Rastam Village, Deoband, Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Deoband, Saharanpur 

# Rastam

Rastam is a village in Deoband sub-district of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **743 people in 131 households**, the 145th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 743people (2011)
- 131households
- 77.1%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rastam

Of every 100 households in Rastam in 2011, 44 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Rastam · ■ Deoband rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**76%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**11%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**88%

Use banking services ****75%**

**75%

Television ****52%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**24%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****4%**

**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 Rastam?

■ Rastam · ■ Deoband rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**69.3%

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

**880

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**862

Working population ****29.2%**

**29.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 67.5% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 39 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (57%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 48 (22%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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

- Falauda811 people
- Nihal Kheri796 people
- Kukavi767 people
- Mahiddinpur765 people
- Gangdli Gujar730 people
- Isharpur728 people
- Majri707 people
- Aakhlaur Kheri686 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rastam?743 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rastam in?Saharanpur district (Deoband sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rastam?77.1% (Census 2011)