Basti Population - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Basti is a large village located in Nizamabad Tehsil of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh with total 348 families residing. The Basti village has population of 2356 of which 1131 are males while 1225 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basti village population of children with age 0-6 is 393 which makes up 16.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basti village is 1083 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Basti as per census is 985, higher than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Basti village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Basti village was 73.46 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Basti Male literacy stands at 83.39 % while female literacy rate was 64.47 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Basti village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Basti village.

Basti Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	348	-	-
Population	2,356	1,131	1,225
Child (0-6)	393	198	195
Schedule Caste	953	459	494
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	73.46 %	83.39 %	64.47 %
Total Workers	502	451	51
Main Worker	315	-	-
Marginal Worker	187	164	23

Caste Factor

In Basti village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.45 % of total population in Basti village. The village Basti currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Basti village out of total population, 502 were engaged in work activities. 62.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 502 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 90 were Agricultural labourer.