Basti (district)

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Basti district
District map
State Uttar Pradesh
Administrative headquarters : Basti
Area : 2,688 km²
Residents : 2,464,464 (2011)
Population density : 917 inhabitants / km²
Website : www.basti.nic.in/

Basti is a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .

The area is 2,6888 km². The administrative seat is the city of Basti .

Administrative division

Tehsils

The district is divided into 4 tehsils :

population

The population is 2,464,464 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 18.21% and was therefore relatively high. Basti has a gender ratio of 963 women per 1000 men. The district has a literacy rate of 67.22% in 2011, an increase of almost 15 percentage points compared to 2001. However, literacy is below the national average. Almost 85% of the population are Hindus and around 15% are Muslims . Languages ​​spoken in the district include Awadhi in the west and Bhojpuri in the east.

Almost 5.6% of the population live in cities and the rest in rural regions. The largest city in the district was Basti with 114,657 inhabitants.

economy

The regional economy is heavily influenced by agriculture . The district is known for its cotton textile and sugar industries.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
  2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census, Basti Disrict. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .