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About Basti Village

Basti is a mid sized village in Maunath Bhanjan tehsil, in the district of Mau, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,109, made up of 575 males and 534 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.93 hectares hectares.

Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Basti village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mau
Tehsil Maunath Bhanjan
Area (hectares) 62.93 hectares
Population 1,109
Male Population 575
Female Population 534
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
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 167th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,384 residents. Its 62.93 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

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 13 km from Mau, and the nearest railway station is Haldharpur, about 1.6 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 Haldharpur 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Maunath Bhanjan 13 km
District headquarters Mau 13 km

Villages closest to Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maunath Bhanjan 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 1,109. That makes it the 167th largest of the 390 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,384 residents.

Basti village has 575 males and 534 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Basti has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Basti covers 62.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Basti falls under Maunath Bhanjan tehsil of Mau district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Basti is Haldharpur, about 1.6 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 13 km from Mau in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Basti is in Maunath Bhanjan tehsil of Mau district. Haldharpur is about 1.6 km away. Maunath Bhanjan is about 13 km away. Mau is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baharwar (under 2 km), Ikbalpur (under 2 km) and Haldharpur (under 2 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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