# Baswaria Village, Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Lauriya, Pashchim Champaran 

# Baswaria

Baswaria is a village in Lauriya sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,355 people in 472 households**, the 37th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 2,355people (2011)
- 472households
- 65.7%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Baswaria PIN code and other codes

Baswaria falls in Lauriya sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBasawariya Parautola
- Community development blockLauriya
- Census village code216789

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

## How far is Baswaria from nearby towns?

- Lauriya (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)23 km by road
- Narkatiyaganj (nearest town)23 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 Baswaria?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Baswaria; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Lauria
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Baswaria known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 70% of the 176 hectares of village land is sown, and 105 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 Baswaria

Of every 100 households in Baswaria in 2011, 16 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baswaria · ■ Lauriya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

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

**55%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Baswaria?

■ Baswaria · ■ Lauriya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.7%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**912

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**966

Working population ****36.3%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 53.3% for women. 49% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 69 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 19 (2%) · **■** Marginal 702 (82%)

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 Lauriya

- Sikta2,666 people
- Khajuria2,591 people
- Bindraban2,478 people
- Dumra2,478 people
- Gonahi2,288 people
- Pararawan2,269 people
- Pakri2,183 people
- Bankatwa2,124 people

[All 96 villages in Lauriya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/lauriya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baswaria from Bettiah?23 km by road
- What is the population of Baswaria?2,355 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baswaria in?Pashchim Champaran district (Lauriya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baswaria?65.7% (Census 2011)