# Baghar Village, Barsoi, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Baghar

Baghar is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,623 people in 344 households**, the 74th largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,623people (2011)
- 344households
- 51.0%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Baghar PIN code and other codes

Baghar falls in Barsoi sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatLaghriya
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code225061

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

## How far is Baghar from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)40 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)40 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 Baghar?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Baghar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Abadpur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Sultanpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Doasi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand 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 Baghar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 53% of the 151 hectares of village land is sown, and 73 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 Baghar

Of every 100 households in Baghar in 2011, 4 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baghar · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**41%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****0%**

**15%

Television ****1%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Baghar?

■ Baghar · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.0%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****945**

**960

Working population ****28.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.1% for men and 41.7% for women. 52% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 91 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (44%) · **■** Other work 52 (11%) · **■** Marginal 116 (25%)

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 Barsoi

- Puria1,710 people
- Palasi1,709 people
- Sitalpur1,675 people
- Pual1,653 people
- Shekhpura1,590 people
- Neamatpur1,581 people
- Malikpur1,578 people
- Mahinagar1,561 people

[All 231 villages in Barsoi](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/barsoi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baghar from Katihar?40 km by road
- What is the population of Baghar?1,623 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghar in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baghar?51.0% (Census 2011)