# Baga Village, Sandesh, Bhojpur (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sandesh, Bhojpur 

# Baga

Baga is a village in Sandesh sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,697 people in 472 households**, the 17th largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 2,697people (2011)
- 472households
- 75.0%literacy
- 1,049females per 1,000 males

## Baga PIN code and other codes

Baga falls in Sandesh sub-district, Bhojpur district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBaga
- Community development blockSandesh
- Census village code247025

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

## How far is Baga from nearby towns?

- Sandesh (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Arrah (district HQ)30 km by road
- Arrah (nearest town)30 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 Baga?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Baga; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sarthua
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Arrah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Baga known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 39% of the 367 hectares of village land is sown, and 113 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 Baga

Of every 100 households in Baga in 2011, 0 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baga · ■ Sandesh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**77%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**90%

Use banking services ****64%**

**70%

Television ****14%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Baga?

■ Baga · ■ Sandesh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1049**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**914

Working population ****20.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.4% for men and 62.6% for women. 40% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 95 (17%) · **■** Marginal 328 (58%)

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 Sandesh

- Nasratpur3,279 people
- Akhgaon3,094 people
- Bichhiaon2,994 people
- Narainpur2,711 people
- Maniach2,578 people
- Parura Rampur2,522 people
- Bhatauli2,482 people
- Kusra2,462 people

[All 54 villages in Sandesh](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/bhojpur/sandesh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baga from Arrah?30 km by road
- What is the population of Baga?2,697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baga in?Bhojpur district (Sandesh sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baga?75.0% (Census 2011)