# Basaitha Village, Benipatti, Madhubani (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Benipatti, Madhubani 

# Basaitha

Basaitha is a village in Benipatti sub-district of Madhubani district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **6,881 people in 1,358 households**, the 15th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 59.4%.

- 6,881people (2011)
- 1,358households
- 60.1%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Basaitha PIN code and other codes

Basaitha falls in Benipatti sub-district, Madhubani district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBasaitha
- Community development blockBenipatti
- Census village code220291

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

## How far is Basaitha from nearby towns?

- Benipatti (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Madhubani (district HQ)36 km by road
- Madhubani (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 Basaitha?

25 services counted by the Census are inside Basaitha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Degree collegeIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Darbhanga
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 8 h winter

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 Basaitha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 65% of the 575 hectares of village land is sown, and 272 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 Basaitha

Of every 100 households in Basaitha in 2011, 26 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basaitha · ■ Benipatti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**77%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**92%

Use banking services ****39%**

**41%

Television ****13%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**24%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basaitha?

■ Basaitha · ■ Benipatti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.1%**

**59.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**915

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****998**

**932

Working population ****31.1%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 52.2% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 336 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 641 (30%) · **■** Household industry 132 (6%) · **■** Other work 460 (21%) · **■** Marginal 572 (27%)

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 Benipatti

- Barri8,007 people
- Kataia7,915 people
- Behata7,446 people
- Mureth7,194 people
- Akaur6,604 people
- Dhagjara6,051 people
- Kapasia5,860 people
- Najira5,707 people

[All 103 villages in Benipatti](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/madhubani/benipatti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basaitha from Madhubani?36 km by road
- What is the population of Basaitha?6,881 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basaitha in?Madhubani district (Benipatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basaitha?60.1% (Census 2011)