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BASTI , a See also:town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Gorakhpur See also:division of the See also:United Provinces. The town, a See also:coll,ection of villages, is on the See also:river Kuana, 40 M. from Gorakhpur by railway. The See also:population in 1901 was 14,761. It has no See also:municipality. The district has an See also:area of 2792 sq. m. It stretches out in one vast marshy See also:plain, draining towards the See also:south-See also:east, and traversed by the Rapti, Kuana, Banganga, Masdih, Jamwar, Ami and Katneihia See also:rivers. The See also:tract lying between these streams consists of a See also:rich alluvial See also:deposit, more or less subject to inundations, but producing See also:good crops of See also:rice, See also:wheat and See also:barley. In 1901 the population was-1,846,153,showing an increase of 3 % in the See also:decade. A railway from Gorakhpur to See also:Gonda runs through the district, and the river See also:Gogra is navigable. A large transit See also:trade is conducted with See also:Nepal. The export trade of the district itself is chiefly in rice, See also:sugar and other agricultural produce. End of Article: BASTIAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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