Basti district
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Basti district बस्ती जिला |
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| District of Uttar Pradesh | |
 Location of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh |
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| Country | India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Administrative division | Basti |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Basti |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,309 km2 (1,664 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,461,056 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 138,117 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 82.69 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 962 |
| Major highways | National Highway 28 |
| Average annual precipitation | 1166 mm mm |
| Website | Official website |
Basti district (Hindi: बस्ती जिला, Urdu: ضلع بستی), is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India and Basti town is the district headquarters. Basti district is a part of Basti Division. In the freedom struggle of 1857, about 250 martyrs of Amorha State were hanged by the British Government from peepal trees located at Chhawani. The ruins of Mahua Dabar town are located in the Basti district.
Basti came from the original name basisthi, Basisth the great sage ashram situated in this area Sher Shah Suri made a well and a sarai here and hence receiving the name.
In 1801, the town Basti became a tehsil headquarter, and in 1865, it was chosen as the headquarters of the newly established Basti district of Gorakhpur Commissionary.
Amorha Khas is a historical place situated at a distance of 41 km from the district headquarters. It's old name is Amorha, and it was once a province (state) of Raja Zalim Singh. Also Raja Zalim Singh's Mahal is here, Old wall of mahal is still there with the mark of a bullet used by the English. Also a famous temple Ramrekha Mandir is here. Ramrekha Temple is one of the most ancient Hindu Mandir of Lord Ram & Goddess Sita. Lord Shri Ram stayed here for one day during his journey of Janakpur-Ayodhya. Lord Shri Rama & Sita with Lakshmana journeyed towards Ayodhya by the road called Ram Janki Marg (State Highway 72) near Chhawani.
The district lies between the parallels of 26° 23' and 27° 30' North and Latitude and 82° 17' and 83° 20' East longitude. Its maximum length from north to south is about 75 km. and breadth from east to west about 70 km. The district lies between newly created district Sant Kabir Nagar on the east and Gonda on the west On the south, the Ghaghra river near Amorha Khas previously known as Amorha Province or State of Raja Zalim Singh separates it from the Faizabad and newly created district named Ambedkar Nagar. While on the North it is bounded by district Sidharth Nagar.
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