# Basdaha Village, Dagarua, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Dagarua, Purnia 

# Basdaha

Basdaha is a village in Dagarua sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,415 people in 557 households**, the 33rd largest of 140 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 45.6%.

- 2,415people (2011)
- 557households
- 58.3%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Basdaha PIN code and other codes

Basdaha falls in Dagarua sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatIchalo
- Community development blockDagarua
- Census village code224113

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

## How far is Basdaha from nearby towns?

- Dagarua (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)20 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)20 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 Basdaha?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Basdaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Railway stationIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Purnia East
- ○Degree college10+ km · Purinia
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 6 h winter

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 Basdaha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 174 hectares of village land is sown, and 57 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 Basdaha

Of every 100 households in Basdaha in 2011, 12 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basdaha · ■ Dagarua rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**12%

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

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**38%

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

**1%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****23%**

**21%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Basdaha?

■ Basdaha · ■ Dagarua rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.3%**

**45.6%

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

**924

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1144**

**975

Working population ****33.6%**

**30.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.4% for men and 45.7% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 118 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 393 (48%) · **■** Household industry 135 (17%) · **■** Other work 113 (14%) · **■** Marginal 53 (7%)

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 Dagarua

- Biswaspur2,511 people
- Chakua2,479 people
- Mahamdia2,469 people
- Chanpi2,443 people
- Jabar2,352 people
- Daspatar2,206 people
- Chand Bhathi2,201 people
- Korhaili2,149 people

[All 154 villages in Dagarua](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/dagarua/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Basdaha from Purnia?20 km by road
- What is the population of Basdaha?2,415 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basdaha in?Purnia district (Dagarua sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basdaha?58.3% (Census 2011)