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Basti Population - Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh

Basti is a medium size village located in Azamgarh Tehsil of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh with total 148 families residing. The Basti village has population of 940 of which 443 are males while 497 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Basti village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 13.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Basti village is 1122 which is higher than Uttar Pradesh state average of 912. Child Sex Ratio for the Basti as per census is 857, lower than Uttar Pradesh average of 902.

Basti village has higher literacy rate compared to Uttar Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Basti village was 75.56 % compared to 67.68 % of Uttar Pradesh. In Basti Male literacy stands at 86.06 % while female literacy rate was 66.59 %.

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 148 - -
Population 940 443 497
Child (0-6) 130 70 60
Schedule Caste 495 237 258
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.56 % 86.06 % 66.59 %
Total Workers 307 175 132
Main Worker 99 - -
Marginal Worker 208 106 102

Caste Factor

In Basti village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.66 % 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, 307 were engaged in work activities. 32.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 67.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 307 workers engaged in Main Work, 13 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.