page_title: Basti district
section_title: Administration
hierarchical_section_title: Basti district / Administration
caption_attribution_description: English: राजा ज़ालिम सिंह स्मारक स्थल, अमोढ़ा (Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh)
context_page_description: Basti district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state, India, and a part of Basti Division. Basti city is the district headquarters. In the freedom struggle of 1857, about 250 martyrs of Amorha State were hanged by the British Government from peepal trees located at Chhawani.
context_section_description: Basti town is the district headquarters of the district.  Basti district, a part of Basti division, is formed of four tehsils: Basti Sadar, Harriya, Bhanpur and Rudhauli and 15 development blocks, 139 Nyay Panchayats, two Parganas named Amorha and Nagar as well as 10 Gram Sabhas. The development blocks included are:
  Amorha (Pargana)
  Nagar (Pargana)
  Basti
  Bahadurpur
  Bankati
  Dubauliya
  Gaur
  Harraiya (Tahsil)
  Kaptanganj
  Kudaraha
  Paras Rampur
  Ramnagar
  Rudhauli (Tehsil)
  Saltaua Gopal Pur
  Sau Ghat
  Vikram Jot
caption: Raja Zalim Singh Smarak Sthal, Amorha, Basti, Uttar Pradesh (राजा ज़ालिम सिंह स्मारक स्थल, अमोढ़ा, बस्ती उ0प्र0)
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