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Basti population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Uttar Pradesh, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 114,657 people
Households 17,894 PCA households
Literacy rate 83.3% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 26.69% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 114,657 60,095 54,562 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 13,349 6,996 6,353 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 84,389 47,036 37,353 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 83.3% 88.58% 77.48% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 17,036 8,929 8,107 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 275 151 124 Total workersCensus workers 30,599 25,808 4,791 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 26.69% 42.95% 8.78% Main workersworked at least 6 months 23,124 20,098 3,026 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 7,475 5,710 1,765 Non-workerspeople 84,058 34,287 49,771
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 17,894 households and 114,657 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 11.64% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 88.58% for males and 77.48% for females. Of 30,599 workers, 75.57% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 405 129 Agricultural labourers 643 1,227 Household industry workers 1,150 491 Other workers 20,926 5,628
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Basti (NPP) 185 00939 114,657
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.