Village · Purnahiya, Sheohar
# Basant Patti

Basant Patti is a village in Purnahiya sub-district of Sheohar district, Bihar, PIN code 843334. The 2011 Census counted 4,277 people in 931 households, the 8th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 55.0%.
- 4,277 people (2011)
- 931 households
- 56.6% literacy
- 843334 PIN code

## Basant Patti PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Basant Patti is 843334. Basant Patti falls in Purnahiya sub-district, Sheohar district, Bihar.
- PIN code 843334
- Gram panchayat Basant Patti
- Community development block Purnahiya
- Census village code 218780

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

## How far is Basant Patti from nearby towns?
- Purnahiya (sub-district HQ) 1 km by road
- Sheohar (district HQ) 27 km by road
- Sitamarhi (nearest town) 24 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Basant Patti?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Basant Patti; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 private
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Post office In village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Commercial bank In village
- ● Agricultural credit society In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Sitamarhi
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Sitamarhi
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Sitamarhi
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 12 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Basant Patti known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 81% of the 332 hectares of village land is sown, and 118 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Basant Patti

Of every 100 households in Basant Patti in 2011, 9 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Basant Patti · ■ Purnahiya rural average
- Electricity for lighting 9% 1%
- Toilet within the home 30% 21%
- No toilet (open defecation) 70% 79%
- Tap water 1% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 60% 40%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 4% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 95% 96%
- Use banking services 36% 51%
- Television 9% 5%
- Mobile phone 45% 49%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 7% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 26% 25%
- Own their home 99% 99%

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

## What is the population of Basant Patti?

■ Basant Patti · ■ Purnahiya rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.6% 55.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 940 891
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 972 933
- Working population 30.0% 34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.5% for men and 49.1% for women. 49% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 237 (18%) · ■ Farm labourers 379 (29%) · ■ Household industry 31 (2%) · ■ Other work 226 (18%) · ■ Marginal 412 (32%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Purnahiya
- Adauri 5,764 people
- Basant Jagjiwan 5,553 people
- Barahi Jagdish 4,778 people
- Kolhua Thikaha 4,744 people
- Bairia 4,156 people
- Dosti Mahamadpur 3,872 people
- Chiraiya 3,866 people
- Asogi Chhapra Dhani 3,847 people

All 26 villages in Purnahiya

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Basant Patti? 843334
- How far is Basant Patti from Sheohar? 27 km by road
- What is the population of Basant Patti? 4,277 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basant Patti in? Sheohar district (Purnahiya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Basant Patti? 56.6% (Census 2011)

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