About Basti Village

Basti is one of the larger villages in Nawabganj tehsil, in the district of Bara Banki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,342, made up of 2,788 males and 2,554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 679.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 225001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Bara Banki
Tehsil	Nawabganj
Pincode	225001
Area (hectares)	679.27 hectares
Population	5,342
Male Population	2,788
Female Population	2,554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Basti compares

By the 2011 count Basti is the 20th largest of the 373 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents. Its 679.27 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Basti

Basti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Basti as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 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 8.6 km from Bara Banki, and the nearest railway station is Safedabad, about 4.8 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	Safedabad	4.8 km
District headquarters	Bara Banki	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawabganj	10 km
Nearest town	Nawābganj	10 km

Villages closest to Basti

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

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Common questions about Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Basti village had a population of 5,342. That makes it the 20th largest of the 373 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,993 residents.

Basti village has 2,788 males and 2,554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Basti is 225001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Basti covers 679.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Basti falls under Nawabganj tehsil of Bara Banki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basti is Safedabad, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Basti.

Basti is about 8.6 km from Bara Banki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basti is in Nawabganj tehsil of Bara Banki district. Safedabad is about 4.8 km away. Bara Banki is about 8.6 km away. Nawabganj is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.