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About Basti Village

Basti is a large village in Nizamabad tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,356, made up of 1,131 males and 1,225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.44 hectares hectares.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Nizamabad
Area (hectares) 242.44 hectares
Population 2,356
Male Population 1,131
Female Population 1,225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Basti compares

By the 2011 count Basti is the 49th largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 242.44 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Getting to Basti

The census records public bus service for Basti as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Basti from other places

Basti lies about 30 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Mir, about 3.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Basti
Nearest railway station Sarai Mir 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nizamabad 17 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 21 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 30 km

Villages closest to Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nizamabad tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti village had a population of 2,356. That makes it the 49th largest of the 501 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Basti village has 1,131 males and 1,225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1041.

Basti covers 242.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basti falls under Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basti is Sarai Mir, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Basti.

Basti is about 30 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basti is in Nizamabad tehsil of Azamgarh district. Sarai Mir is about 3.6 km away. Nizamabad is about 17 km away. Shāhganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hajipur (1.6 km), Nizamuddin Patti (1.6 km) and Ohadpur (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Basti today is likely to be higher.

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