# Basantpur Village, Sikta, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Sikta, Pashchim Champaran 

# Basantpur

Basantpur is a village in Sikta sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, PIN code **845307**. The 2011 Census counted **1,700 people in 357 households**, the 38th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 54.8%.

- 1,700people (2011)
- 357households
- 53.7%literacy
- 845307PIN code

## Basantpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Basantpur is 845307.** Basantpur falls in Sikta sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- PIN code845307
- Gram panchayatBasantpur
- Community development blockSikta
- Census village code217264

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

## How far is Basantpur from nearby towns?

- Sikta (sub-district HQ)30 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)50 km by road
- Bettiah (nearest town)50 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?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Basantpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bettiah
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Public library10+ 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 Basantpur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 164 hectares of village land is sown, and 102 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

Of every 100 households in Basantpur in 2011, 8 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Basantpur · ■ Sikta rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****49%**

**29%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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?

■ Basantpur · ■ Sikta rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**54.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**898

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****898**

**951

Working population ****49.3%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 36.5% for women. 51% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 20 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (16%) · **■** Other work 50 (6%) · **■** Marginal 633 (76%)

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 Sikta

- Mathia2,049 people
- Sugaha2,029 people
- Bheriharwa2,025 people
- Nonia Tola1,831 people
- Mainpur1,698 people
- Patukahia1,678 people
- Behri Bankatwa1,622 people
- Pasrampur1,620 people

[All 61 villages in Sikta](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/sikta/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Basantpur?845307
- How far is Basantpur from Bettiah?50 km by road
- What is the population of Basantpur?1,700 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpur in?Pashchim Champaran district (Sikta sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpur?53.7% (Census 2011)