Village · Purnia East, Purnia
# Barsauni

Barsauni is a village in Purnia East sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 1,995 people in 410 households, the 27th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.6%.
- 1,995 people (2011)
- 410 households
- 43.3% literacy
- 969 females per 1,000 males

## Barsauni PIN code and other codes

Barsauni falls in Purnia East sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Sikandarpur
- Community development block Purnia East
- Census village code 223500

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Barsauni from nearby towns?
- Purnia East (sub-district HQ) 8 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ) 15 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town) 15 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Barsauni?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Post office In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Gulabbag
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Purnia East
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Purnia
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Public library under 5 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Barsauni known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 72% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 62 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Barsauni

Of every 100 households in Barsauni in 2011, 18 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Barsauni · ■ Purnia East rural average
- Electricity for lighting 18% 22%
- Toilet within the home 17% 12%
- No toilet (open defecation) 83% 87%
- Tap water 2% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 26% 50%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 88% 96%
- Use banking services 23% 22%
- Television 13% 12%
- Mobile phone 41% 33%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 3% 1%
- None of these assets 40% 31%
- Own their home 89% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Barsauni?

■ Barsauni · ■ Purnia East rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 43.3% 49.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 969 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 972 968
- Working population 36.0% 33.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.4% for men and 37.0% for women. 51% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 34 (5%) · ■ Farm labourers 20 (3%) · ■ Household industry 13 (2%) · ■ Other work 48 (7%) · ■ Marginal 603 (84%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Purnia East
- Biloria 2,251 people
- Phasia 2,240 people
- Bahadurpur Khan Jahan 2,168 people
- Bahadurpur 2,128 people
- Mathia 1,985 people
- Tharha 1,973 people
- Pipra 1,962 people
- Jiagachhi 1,928 people

All 83 villages in Purnia East

## Quick answers
- How far is Barsauni from Purnia? 15 km by road
- What is the population of Barsauni? 1,995 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barsauni in? Purnia district (Purnia East sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barsauni? 43.3% (Census 2011)

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