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[Village in Maharashtra] [Basting (disambiguation) [!] Basting] [date=July
2017] [date=July 2017] {{Infobox settlement | name = Baste | other_name =
Basta | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = village |
image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | pushpin_map =
India Maharashtra#India | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Maharashtra, India
| coordinates = [19.72865478] | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type =
Country | subdivision_name = India | subdivision_type1 = State |
subdivision_name1 = Maharashtra | subdivision_type2 = District |
subdivision_name2 = Palghar | subdivision_type3 = Taluka | subdivision_name3 =
Vikramgad | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type =
Panchayat | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = |
unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 57 | population_as_of =
2011 | population_total = 505 | population_density_km2 = auto |
population_demonym = | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 |
postal_code_type = <!-- PIN --> | postal_code = | area_code_type = <!-- STD
Code --> | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = 2011 census code | blank_info_sec1
= 551837 | footnotes = }} BASTE, also known as BASTA, is a village in the
Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Vikramgad
taluka.[1]
** Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, Baste has 113 households. The
effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding
children aged 6 and below) is 80.68%.<ref name="census_2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Demographics (2011 Census)[2] ! !! Total !!
Male !! Female |- | Population || 505 || 229 || 276 |- | Children aged below 6
years || 65 || 22 || 43 |- | Scheduled caste || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Scheduled
tribe || 384 || 169 || 215 |- | Literates || 355 || 182 || 173 |- | Workers
(all) || 293 || 139 || 154 |- | Main workers (total) || 199 || 93 || 106 |- |
Main workers: Cultivators || 189 || 89 || 100 |- | Main workers: Agricultural
labourers || 6 || 2 || 4 |- | Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 ||
0 || 0 |- | Main workers: Other || 4 || 2 || 2 |- | Marginal workers (total)
|| 94 || 46 || 48 |- | Marginal workers: Cultivators || 13 || 6 || 7 |- |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 76 || 37 || 39 |- | Marginal
workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Marginal workers:
Others || 5 || 3 || 2 |- | Non-workers || 212 || 90 || 122 |}
** References
[reflist]
[Vikramgad taluka]
Category:Villages in Vikramgad taluka
[Palghar-geo-stub]