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

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Village · Sandesh, Bhojpur 

# Basauri

Basauri is a village in Sandesh sub-district of Bhojpur district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **484 people in 69 households**, the 41st largest of 47 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 484people (2011)
- 69households
- 77.1%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Basauri PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatKori
- Community development blockSandesh
- Census village code246989

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

## How far is Basauri from nearby towns?

- Sandesh (sub-district HQ)3 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 Basauri?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Basauri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Sandesh
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Sandesh
- ○Degree college10+ km · Arrah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Arrah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 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 Basauri known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 84 hectares of village land is sown, and 66 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 Basauri

Of every 100 households in Basauri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 87 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Basauri · ■ Sandesh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**3%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**22%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**77%

Tap water ****3%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**67%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**90%

Use banking services ****72%**

**70%

Television ****18%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****87%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Basauri?

■ Basauri · ■ Sandesh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****947**

**914

Working population ****26.4%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 59.3% for women. 49% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 95 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 32 (25%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%)

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

- Pinjroi689 people
- Panrepur594 people
- Patkhaulia552 people
- Salempur543 people
- Panpura483 people
- Nansagar328 people
- Lodipur182 people
- Udaibhanpur156 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Basauri from Arrah?30 km by road
- What is the population of Basauri?484 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basauri in?Bhojpur district (Sandesh sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basauri?77.1% (Census 2011)