Basti city is governed by Municipal Corporation and is situated in Uttar Pradesh State/UT.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Basti in 2011 is 114,657; of which male and female are 60,095 and 54,562 respectively.
Basti Population 2022 - 2023
The current estimate population of Basti city in 2023 is
157,000
, while literacy rate, sex ratio and density are mentioned below. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Basti city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Basti city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Basti city, we will update the same here in 2023.
Basti Literacy Rate
In education section, total literates in Basti city are 84,389 of which 47,036 are males while 37,353 are females. Average literacy rate of Basti city is 83.30 percent of which male and female literacy was 88.58 and 77.48 percent.
Basti Sex Ratio
The sex ratio of Basti city is 908 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 908 per 1000 boys.
Basti Child Population
Total children (0-6) in Basti city are 13,349 as per figure from Census India report on 2011. There were 6,996 boys while 6,353 are girls. The child forms 11.64 % of total population of Basti City.
Basti Slums
Total no. of Slums in Basti city numbers 1,148 in which population of 7,393 resides. This is around 6.45% of total population of Basti city.
Basti City Population 2011
Description
City
Basti
Government
Nagar Palika Parishad
Urban Agglomeration
Only City
State
Uttar Pradesh
Basti City
Total
Male
Female
City Population
114,657
60,095
54,562
Literates
84,389
47,036
37,353
Children (0-6)
13,349
6,996
6,353
Average Literacy (%)
83.30 %
88.58 %
77.48 %
Sexratio
908
Child Sexratio
908
Basti Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Basti city with 74.50 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Basti with approximately 24.50 % following it.
In Basti city, Christinity is followed by 0.41 %, Jainism by 0.01 %, Sikhism by 0.40 % and Buddhism by 0.03 %. Around 0.01 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.13 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.