# Basandah Village, Kadwa, Katihar (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Kadwa, Katihar 

# Basandah

Basandah is a village in Kadwa sub-district of Katihar district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **660 people in 110 households**, the 140th largest of 234 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 50.5%.

- 660people (2011)
- 110households
- 27.5%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Basandah PIN code and other codes

Basandah falls in Kadwa sub-district, Katihar district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelon
- Community development blockKadwa
- Census village code224687

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

## How far is Basandah from nearby towns?

- Kadwa (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Katihar (district HQ)45 km by road
- Katihar (nearest town)45 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 Basandah?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Basandah; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Salmari
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sisia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katihar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Basandah known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 71% of the 22 hectares of village land is sown, and 10 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 Basandah

Of every 100 households in Basandah in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basandah · ■ Kadwa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**4%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**50%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**24%

Television ****5%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**35%

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 Basandah?

■ Basandah · ■ Kadwa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****27.5%**

**50.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**969

Working population ****24.7%**

**33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 26.0% for men and 29.1% for women. 44% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (96%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 2 (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 Kadwa

- Kurhaila705 people
- Bijol701 people
- Baura Milik694 people
- Rani Kol661 people
- Chhatian Pipra655 people
- Ahmadpur651 people
- Haripur648 people
- Baura620 people

[All 264 villages in Kadwa](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/katihar/kadwa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basandah from Katihar?45 km by road
- What is the population of Basandah?660 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basandah in?Katihar district (Kadwa sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basandah?27.5% (Census 2011)