Village · Bairia, Pashchim Champaran # Bagahi Bagahi is a village in Bairia sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 17,367 people in 2,911 households, the 2nd largest of 51 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.3%. - 17,367 people (2011) - 2,911 households - 48.6% literacy - 890 females per 1,000 males ## Bagahi PIN code and other codes Bagahi falls in Bairia sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. - Gram panchayat Bagahi Ratanpur - Community development block Bairia - Census village code 217400 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Bagahi from nearby towns? - Bairia (sub-district HQ) 3 km by road - Bettiah (district HQ) 7 km by road - Bettiah (nearest town) 7 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Bagahi? 16 services counted by the Census are inside Bagahi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Primary school In village · 6 govt · 3 private - ● Middle school In village · 3 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Post office In village - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Private bus service In village - ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village - ● All-weather road In village - ● Agricultural credit society In village - ● Ration (PDS) shop In village - ● Mandi / regular market In village - ● Weekly haat In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Community centre In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Patjirwa - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bettiah - ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Bettiah - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 5–10 km - ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km - ○ Public library 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps - Electricity (2011) 2 h summer · 2 h winter Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## What is Bagahi known for? The main crops are paddy. About 62% of the 1,077 hectares of village land is sown, and 460 hectares are irrigated. Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## Homes and amenities in Bagahi Of every 100 households in Bagahi in 2011, 2 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Bagahi · ■ Bairia rural average - Electricity for lighting 2% 1% - Toilet within the home 7% 11% - No toilet (open defecation) 93% 88% - Tap water 0% 1% - Drinking water within premises 37% 46% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 98% - Use banking services 32% 35% - Television 4% 4% - Mobile phone 52% 51% - Computer with internet 0% 0% - Two-wheeler 4% 5% - Car / jeep / van 1% 1% - None of these assets 17% 20% - Own their home 99% 99% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Bagahi? ■ Bagahi · ■ Bairia rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 48.6% 52.3% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 890 889 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 966 940 - Working population 35.2% 35.0% ### Women and men Literacy is 59.9% for men and 35.6% for women. 46% of men and 23% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 357 (6%) · ■ Farm labourers 1,982 (32%) · ■ Household industry 194 (3%) · ■ Other work 520 (9%) · ■ Marginal 3,056 (50%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Bairia - Patjirwa 27,172 people - Bairia 13,324 people - Baghambarpur 12,422 people - Dumaria 11,973 people - Tadhwa Nandpur 11,803 people All 55 villages in Bairia ## Quick answers - How far is Bagahi from Bettiah? 7 km by road - What is the population of Bagahi? 17,367 (Census 2011) - Which district is Bagahi in? Pashchim Champaran district (Bairia sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Bagahi? 48.6% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/bairia/bagahi/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.