Basti Division is an administrative geographical unit of

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Basti Basti may refer to: People Surname *Básti, a Hungarian surname Given name * Abderraouf El Basti (born 1947), Tunisian politician * Basti Vaman Shenoy (born 1934), Indian Kolkani activist *Yagi Basti (died 1344), a ruler of Shiraz, Iran * ...

is the administrative headquarters of the division. Currently (2005), the division consists following

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions ...

: Basti district and Basti division carved out from Gorakhpur district.

References

Divisions of Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-geo-stub