# Barasath Village, Nawanagar, Buxar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Nawanagar, Buxar 

# Barasath

Barasath is a village in Nawanagar sub-district of Buxar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **216 people in 30 households**, the 90th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.6%.

- 216people (2011)
- 30households
- 77.3%literacy
- 982females per 1,000 males

## Barasath PIN code and other codes

Barasath falls in Nawanagar sub-district, Buxar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatKarsar
- Community development blockNawanagar
- Census village code248919

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

## How far is Barasath from nearby towns?

- Nawanagar (sub-district HQ)6 km by road
- Buxar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Domraon (nearest town)32 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 Barasath?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Barasath; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ATMIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Piprarh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sonbarisa
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Buxar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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 Barasath known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 70 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 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 Barasath

Of every 100 households in Barasath in 2011, 9 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barasath · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****94%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****97%**

**52%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barasath?

■ Barasath · ■ Nawanagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**66.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1222**

**941

Working population ****28.2%**

**29.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.5% for men and 58.8% for women. 50% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 40 (66%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (11%) · **■** Marginal 14 (23%)

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 Nawanagar

- Purainiyan258 people
- Makundpur245 people
- Non Phar238 people
- Kharagpur229 people
- Turaon Patti211 people
- Chhatrdhariganj168 people
- Kariyakant110 people
- Param Dihri91 people

[All 107 villages in Nawanagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/buxar/nawanagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barasath from Buxar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Barasath?216 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barasath in?Buxar district (Nawanagar sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barasath?77.3% (Census 2011)