# Basti Village, Kanda, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Kanda, Bageshwar 

# Basti

Basti is a village in Kanda sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **378 people in 87 households**, the 18th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.1%.

- 378people (2011)
- 87households
- 64.9%literacy
- 1,700females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basti

Of every 100 households in Basti in 2011, 0 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 77 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basti · ■ Kanda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**79%

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

**55%

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

**45%

Tap water ****97%**

**78%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**24%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Use banking services ****93%**

**78%

Television ****42%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****77%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 · ■ Kanda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**79.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1700**

**1127

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**931

Working population ****71.4%**

**53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 52.0% for women. 64% of men and 76% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 123 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 22 (8%) · **■** Other work 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 124 (46%)

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 Kanda

- Khantoli426 people
- Jakhani403 people
- Sani Udiyar394 people
- Garuwa Sirmoli381 people
- Dewal Bichharal362 people
- Mantoli354 people
- Seri349 people
- Kapuri345 people

[All 180 villages in Kanda](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/kanda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basti?378 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basti in?Bageshwar district (Kanda sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Basti?64.9% (Census 2011)