Railway station BASTI outside

Railway Station Platform.

Geographical situation of  BASTI

Congress Party Rally at BASTI

BASTI

came from the original name Vaishishthi. Vaishishthi is attributed to the fact that this area was the Ashram of Rishi (sage) Vashistha in ancient period. Lord Rama with his younger brother Laxman had been here for some time with theirkulguru rishi Vasistha, according to Ramayana.

In 1801, the town Basti became the tehsil headquarters and in 1865 it was chosen as the headquarters of the newly established Basti district

Basti town is the district headquarters of Basti district. Basti district, a part of Basti Division, is formed of 4 tehsils: Basti, Harriya, Sonaha Bhanpur and Rudhauli, 13 development blocks, 139 Nyay Panchayats, and 10 Gram Sabhas. The development blocks are Bahadurpur, Bankati, Basti, Dubauliya, Gaur, Harraiya, Kaptanganj, Kudaraha, Paras Rampur, Ramnagar, Rudhauli, Saltaua Gopal Pur, Sau Ghat, Vikram Jot, and Kudraha.

The district follows the usual 10+2+3 pattern of education as elsewhere in India. Some notable schools are -

St. Xavier's senior secondary school, 

Unique Science Academy, 

Sarla International Academy, 

Shri Ram Public School, 

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, 

Urmila Educational Academy, 

Basti, City Montessori School, 

Savatri Vidya Mandir, 

St. Basil`s School, 

St. Joseph`s School, 

Saraswati Vidya Mandir, 

Kendriya Vidhyalaya, 

Central Academy, 

Maharishi Vidya Mandir, 

Government Girls Inter College, 

Government Inter College,

A.S.H.S.& G.R.S. Inter College and Khair Inter College. 

Among these, St. Basil's School , Shri Ram Public School and St. Joseph's School are considered to provide top class education. Every year a couple of students from St. Basil's School and Shri Ram Public School qualify the prestigious IIT-JEE examination and get admission to the IITs and ISM. The alumni network of this school extends from Google, Yahoo, Samsung in IT sector to ONGC, SHELL and other multinational companies. Four main Degree Colleges in Basti city are Karma Devi Smriti Mahavidyalaya, APN Degree college, Kisan Degree College and Mahila Mahavidalya.