Basti Population - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Basti is a medium size village located in Azamgarh Tehsil of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh with total 64 families residing. The Basti village has population of 501 of which 254 are males while 247 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basti village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 12.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basti village is 972 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Basti as per census is 1214, 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 74.94 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Basti Male literacy stands at 84.96 % while female literacy rate was 64.32 %.

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	64	-	-
Population	501	254	247
Child (0-6)	62	28	34
Schedule Caste	440	222	218
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.94 %	84.96 %	64.32 %
Total Workers	232	151	81
Main Worker	23	-	-
Marginal Worker	209	130	79

Caste Factor

In Basti village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.82 % 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, 232 were engaged in work activities. 9.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 90.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.