Basti district

Basti district
Location of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh
Location of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DivisionBasti
HeadquartersBasti
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesBasti
 • MPRam Prasad Chaudhary[1]
Area
 • Total
2,688 km2 (1,038 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
2,464,464
 • Density920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Language
 • OfficialHindi[3]
 • Additional officialUrdu[3]
 • Regional languagesAwadhi
Demographics
 • Literacy67.2 per cent
 • Sex ratio963[2]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-51
Major highwaysNational Highway 28
Average annual precipitation1166 mm
Websitebasti.nic.in

Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of Basti Division. Basti city is the district headquarters.

The district is bordered by Sant Kabir Nagar to the east and Gonda to the west. To the south, the Ghaghara River forms its boundary with Faizabad and Ambedkar Nagar, while to the north, it shares its boundary with Siddharth Nagar district. The district covers an area of 2,688 square kilometers.[4]

  1. ^ https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2461.htm [bare URL]
  2. ^ a b "District Basti". National Informatics Centre, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ a b "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  4. ^ "District Basti Government of Uttar Pradesh | Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla | India". Retrieved 20 October 2024.