# Basauna Village, Jagdishpur, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Jagdishpur, Bhojpur 

# Basauna

Basauna is a village in Jagdishpur sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,670 people in 413 households**, the 25th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 2,670people (2011)
- 413households
- 74.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Basauna PIN code and other codes

Basauna falls in Jagdishpur sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBasauna
- Community development blockJagdishpur
- Census village code247269

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Basauna from nearby towns?

- Jagdishpur (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)31 km by road
- Jagdishpur (nearest town)4 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Basauna?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Basauna; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jagdishpur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Jagdishpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Arrah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)3 h summer · 3 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Basauna known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 97% of the 304 hectares of village land is sown, and 275 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Basauna

Of every 100 households in Basauna in 2011, 2 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basauna · ■ Jagdishpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**5%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****75%**

**73%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****77%**

**63%

Television ****16%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Basauna?

■ Basauna · ■ Jagdishpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**910

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**908

Working population ****28.9%**

**34.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 64.3% for women. 47% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 260 (34%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (3%) · **■** Marginal 295 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jagdishpur

- Deorar3,080 people
- Tenduni2,912 people
- Kataibojh2,884 people
- Ugna2,672 people
- Hathpokhar2,633 people
- Bharsara2,624 people
- Kahen2,562 people
- Kusamha2,534 people

[All 91 villages in Jagdishpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/jagdishpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basauna from Arrah?31 km by road
- What is the population of Basauna?2,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basauna in?Bhojpur district (Jagdishpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basauna?74.5% (Census 2011)