# Basahia Village, Dhaka, Purba Champaran (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Dhaka, Purba Champaran 

# Basahia

Basahia is a village in Dhaka sub-district of Purba Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,124 people in 521 households**, the 52nd largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.6%.

- 2,124people (2011)
- 521households
- 43.3%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Basahia PIN code and other codes

Basahia falls in Dhaka sub-district, Purba Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBhandar
- Community development blockDhaka
- Census village code217864

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

## How far is Basahia from nearby towns?

- Dhaka (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Motihari (district HQ)36 km by road
- Dhaka (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 Basahia?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Basahia; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sangrampur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Areraj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Motihari
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand 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 Basahia known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 92% of the 169 hectares of village land is sown, and 100 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 Basahia

Of every 100 households in Basahia in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basahia · ■ Dhaka rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**9%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****41%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Basahia?

■ Basahia · ■ Dhaka rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.3%**

**55.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1170**

**930

Working population ****42.5%**

**31.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.3% for men and 30.8% for women. 51% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 461 (51%) · **■** Other work 29 (3%) · **■** Marginal 333 (37%)

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 Dhaka

- Dalpat Bishunpur2,509 people
- Siswa Mangat2,375 people
- Bhawanipur2,357 people
- Gamhariya2,228 people
- Mathia Mohan2,066 people
- Rupaulia Khurd1,999 people
- Gurganwan1,482 people
- Sham Bakhri1,469 people

[All 61 villages in Dhaka](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purba-champaran/dhaka/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basahia from Motihari?36 km by road
- What is the population of Basahia?2,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basahia in?Purba Champaran district (Dhaka sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basahia?43.3% (Census 2011)