# Basdewa Village, Ghailarh, Madhepura (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Ghailarh, Madhepura 

# Basdewa

Basdewa is a village in Ghailarh sub-district of Madhepura district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,872 people in 888 households**, the 9th largest of 15 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 48.5%.

- 4,872people (2011)
- 888households
- 49.1%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Basdewa PIN code and other codes

Basdewa falls in Ghailarh sub-district, Madhepura district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGhailadh
- Community development blockGhailarh
- Census village code225849

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

## How far is Basdewa from nearby towns?

- Ghailarh (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Madhepura (district HQ)20 km by road
- Madhepura (nearest town)20 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 Basdewa?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Basdewa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 2 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Madhepura
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Jibachpur
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Madhepura
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds

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 Basdewa known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 63% of the 533 hectares of village land is sown, and 262 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 Basdewa

Of every 100 households in Basdewa in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basdewa · ■ Ghailarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**3%

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

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****54%**

**35%

Television ****1%**

**3%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**30%

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 Basdewa?

■ Basdewa · ■ Ghailarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.1%**

**48.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**921

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1050**

**946

Working population ****45.7%**

**44.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.0% for men and 36.1% for women. 49% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 215 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (7%) · **■** Household industry 8 (0%) · **■** Other work 55 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1,802 (81%)

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 Ghailarh

- Chitti7,778 people
- Ratanpura6,379 people
- Jhitkia6,306 people
- Got Bardaha5,087 people
- Bardaha4,430 people
- Arraha4,427 people
- Bancholha1,883 people
- Pathraha1,875 people

[All 16 villages in Ghailarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhepura/ghailarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basdewa from Madhepura?20 km by road
- What is the population of Basdewa?4,872 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basdewa in?Madhepura district (Ghailarh sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basdewa?49.1% (Census 2011)