# Basantpur Jhiktahi Village, Sakra, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/sakra/basantpur-jhiktahi/ Village · Sakra, Muzaffarpur # Basantpur Jhiktahi Basantpur Jhiktahi is a village in Sakra sub-district of Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, PIN code **843105**. The 2011 Census counted **3,006 people in 620 households**, the 35th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%. - 3,006people (2011) - 620households - 74.5%literacy - 843105PIN code ## Basantpur Jhiktahi PIN code and other codes **The PIN code of Basantpur Jhiktahi is 843105.** Basantpur Jhiktahi falls in Sakra sub-district, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar. - PIN code843105 - Gram panchayatRaghunathpur Donwa - Community development blockSakra - Census village code229687 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Basantpur Jhiktahi from nearby towns? - Sakra (sub-district HQ)3 km by road - Muzaffarpur (district HQ)30 km by road - Muzaffarpur (nearest town)30 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 Basantpur Jhiktahi? 13 services counted by the Census are inside Basantpur Jhiktahi; 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 · 2 doctors - ●Mobile phone coverageIn village - ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village - ●All-weather roadIn 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 schoolunder 5 km · Sakra - ○Degree college10+ km · Muzaffarpur - ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Muzaffarpur - ○Primary health centre5–10 km - ○Allopathic hospital10+ km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km - ○Railway stationunder 5 km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river - Electricity (2011)4 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 Basantpur Jhiktahi known for? The main crops are **mustard, maize and wheat**. Products made here include oil, soil pot, iron item and leather item. About 77% of the 234 hectares of village land is sown, and 120 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 Basantpur Jhiktahi Of every 100 households in Basantpur Jhiktahi in 2011, 7 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 61 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Basantpur Jhiktahi · ■ Sakra rural average Electricity for lighting ****7%** **19% Toilet within the home ****28%** **23% No toilet (open defecation) ****67%** **76% Tap water ****16%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****55%** **47% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%** **4% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%** **94% Use banking services ****72%** **59% Television ****24%** **14% Mobile phone ****61%** **53% Computer with internet ****1%** **0% Two-wheeler ****6%** **8% Car / jeep / van ****2%** **2% None of these assets ****11%** **21% Own their home ****97%** **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 Basantpur Jhiktahi? ■ Basantpur Jhiktahi · ■ Sakra rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****74.5%** **69.8% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947** **902 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1070** **914 Working population ****26.4%** **30.2% ### Women and men Literacy is 83.8% for men and 64.4% for women. 42% of men and 11% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 68 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 126 (16%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 106 (13%) · **■** Marginal 484 (61%) 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 Sakra - Shahpur Juned3,246 people - Marwan urf Arizpur3,211 people - Rampur Kishuni3,185 people - Ramnagar Lachhumannagar3,023 people - Sapha Mahdaiya2,891 people - Bharthipur2,843 people - Ratanpur Kewal2,832 people - Harpur Kishuni2,777 people [All 121 villages in Sakra](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/muzaffarpur/sakra/villages/) ## Quick answers - What is the PIN code of Basantpur Jhiktahi?843105 - How far is Basantpur Jhiktahi from Muzaffarpur?30 km by road - What is the population of Basantpur Jhiktahi?3,006 (Census 2011) - Which district is Basantpur Jhiktahi in?Muzaffarpur district (Sakra sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Basantpur Jhiktahi?74.5% (Census 2011)