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

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Village · Barsoi, Katihar 

# Dasgaon

Dasgaon is a village in Barsoi sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **1,337 people in 306 households**, the 92nd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,337people (2011)
- 306households
- 44.4%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Dasgaon PIN code and other codes

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

- Gram panchayatLaguadashgram
- Community development blockBarsoi
- Census village code224911

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

## How far is Dasgaon from nearby towns?

- Barsoi (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)75 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)75 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 Dasgaon?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Dasgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn 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 · Abadpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Salimar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Dasgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 83% of the 293 hectares of village land is sown, and 170 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 Dasgaon

Of every 100 households in Dasgaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dasgaon · ■ Barsoi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**13%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**41%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****14%**

**15%

Television ****5%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****1%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****58%**

**40%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Dasgaon?

■ Dasgaon · ■ Barsoi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.4%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**920

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1140**

**960

Working population ****44.5%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.6% for men and 37.8% for women. 57% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 95 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 297 (50%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (7%) · **■** Marginal 157 (26%)

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

- Shiwanandpur1,349 people
- Mirzadpur1,348 people
- Goaltoli1,346 people
- Pataulbari1,342 people
- Mithapur1,331 people
- Ekchanan1,325 people
- Bansbhitha1,323 people
- Chaukharia1,312 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Dasgaon from Katihar?75 km by road
- What is the population of Dasgaon?1,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dasgaon in?Katihar district (Barsoi sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Dasgaon?44.4% (Census 2011)