Basti is a district located in Uttar Pradesh state of India. There are total 14 blocks which comes under Basti district, and there are total 3348 villages which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Basti district is 185 and number of houses in this district is 360637.
Total population of this district is 2326367. Out of total 2326367, male population count is 1182846, where as female population count is 1143521 in Basti.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 374686 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 374686 children 194132 are boys and 180554 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Basti district is 55%. 1293319 out of total 2326367 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 64% and 763479 males are literate out of total 1182846 male population, where as female literacy rate is 53% and 529840 out of total 1143521 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Basti district is 44%. 1033048 out of total 2326367 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 35% and 419367 males are illiterate out of total 1182846 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 53% and 613681 out of total 1143521 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Basti district is 746664 and non-working population is 1579703 and out of 746664 working population 217531 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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