# Baghnan Village, Akbarpur, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Akbarpur, Nawada 

# Baghnan

Baghnan is a village in Akbarpur sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **982 people in 128 households**, the 86th largest of 145 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 982people (2011)
- 128households
- 45.3%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Baghnan PIN code and other codes

Baghnan falls in Akbarpur sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Community development blockAkbarpur
- Census village code257962

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

## How far is Baghnan from nearby towns?

- Akbarpur (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)10 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)10 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 Baghnan?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Baghnan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary school5–10 km · Runnipur
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Nawada
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 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 Baghnan known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 54% of the 98 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 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 Baghnan

Of every 100 households in Baghnan in 2011, 1 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baghnan · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**6%

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

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**91%

Use banking services ****23%**

**32%

Television ****2%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**40%

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 Baghnan?

■ Baghnan · ■ Akbarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.3%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**950

Working population ****37.2%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.8% for men and 37.6% for women. 44% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 80 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (7%) · **■** Marginal 251 (69%)

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 Akbarpur

- Phulwan1,071 people
- Oraiya1,047 people
- Sanokhra1,014 people
- Pipra Khurd987 people
- Karam935 people
- Chaparhat923 people
- Mane Bigaha920 people
- Piraunta907 people

[All 157 villages in Akbarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/akbarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baghnan from Nawada?10 km by road
- What is the population of Baghnan?982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baghnan in?Nawada district (Akbarpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baghnan?45.3% (Census 2011)