Village · Bajpatti, Sitamarhi
# Madhuban Basaha

Madhuban Basaha is a village in Bajpatti sub-district of Sitamarhi district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted 20,253 people in 4,381 households, the 1st largest of 56 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 52.9%.
- 20,253 people (2011)
- 4,381 households
- 47.1% literacy
- 894 females per 1,000 males

## Madhuban Basaha PIN code and other codes

Madhuban Basaha falls in Bajpatti sub-district, Sitamarhi district, Bihar.
- Gram panchayat Madhuban Basaha West, Madhuban Basaha East, Bangaon North
- Community development block Bajpatti
- Census village code 219652

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

## How far is Madhuban Basaha from nearby towns?
- Bajpatti (sub-district HQ) 8 km by road
- Sitamarhi (district HQ) 13 km by road
- Sitamarhi (nearest town) 13 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Madhuban Basaha?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Madhuban Basaha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 8 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 3 govt
- ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ● Maternity & child welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Family welfare centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ● Post office In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Community centre In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 4 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 Madhuban Basaha known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 83% of the 1,312 hectares of village land is sown, and 326 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Madhuban Basaha

Of every 100 households in Madhuban Basaha in 2011, 8 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Madhuban Basaha · ■ Bajpatti rural average
- Electricity for lighting 8% 8%
- Toilet within the home 16% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 84% 83%
- Tap water 1% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 24% 30%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 95%
- Use banking services 23% 28%
- Television 4% 5%
- Mobile phone 33% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 39% 33%
- 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 Madhuban Basaha?

■ Madhuban Basaha · ■ Bajpatti rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 47.1% 52.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 894 906
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 892 921
- Working population 33.9% 33.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.8% for men and 38.5% for women. 48% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 579 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 2,015 (29%) · ■ Household industry 104 (2%) · ■ Other work 700 (10%) · ■ Marginal 3,462 (50%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bajpatti
- Baragaon 18,466 people
- Bazidpur 9,463 people
- Bajoapatti Narha 8,266 people
- Madhurapur 7,779 people

All 58 villages in Bajpatti

## Quick answers
- How far is Madhuban Basaha from Sitamarhi? 13 km by road
- What is the population of Madhuban Basaha? 20,253 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Madhuban Basaha in? Sitamarhi district (Bajpatti sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Madhuban Basaha? 47.1% (Census 2011)

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