# Basant Jahanabad Village, Lalganj, Vaishali (Bihar) – PIN Code > Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/lalganj/basant-jahanabad/ Village · Lalganj, Vaishali # Basant Jahanabad Basant Jahanabad is a village in Lalganj sub-district of Vaishali district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **5,637 people in 993 households**, the 7th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.4%. - 5,637people (2011) - 993households - 69.3%literacy - 833females per 1,000 males ## Basant Jahanabad PIN code and other codes Basant Jahanabad falls in Lalganj sub-district, Vaishali district, Bihar. - Gram panchayatBasanta Jahanabad - Community development blockLalganj - Census village code234767 Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog). ## How far is Basant Jahanabad from nearby towns? - Lalganj (sub-district HQ)1 km by road - Hajipur (district HQ)15 km by road - Lalganj (nearest town)1 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 Basant Jahanabad? 7 services counted by the Census are inside Basant Jahanabad; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ●Primary schoolIn village · 6 govt - ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt - ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village - ●Weekly haatIn village - ●Anganwadi centreIn village - ●ASHA health workerIn village - ●Polling stationIn village ### Nearest outside - ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Adhinpur - ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Lalganj - ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Lalganj - ○Primary health centreunder 5 km - ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km - ○Dispensary10+ km - ○Post officeunder 5 km - ○Public bus service5–10 km - ○Railway station10+ km - ○ATMunder 5 km - ○Commercial bankunder 5 km - ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km - ○Public libraryunder 5 km ### Water and power - Drinking waterhand pumps - Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Basant Jahanabad known for? The main crops are **paddy**. About 45% of the 203 hectares of village land is sown, and 68 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 Basant Jahanabad Of every 100 households in Basant Jahanabad in 2011, 33 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car. ■ Basant Jahanabad · ■ Lalganj rural average Electricity for lighting ****33%** **19% Toilet within the home ****28%** **26% No toilet (open defecation) ****71%** **73% Tap water ****1%** **2% Drinking water within premises ****29%** **39% Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%** **6% Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%** **92% Use banking services ****75%** **51% Television ****26%** **18% Mobile phone ****57%** **57% Computer with internet ****1%** **1% Two-wheeler ****6%** **9% Car / jeep / van ****1%** **1% None of these assets ****6%** **18% Own their home ****99%** **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 Basant Jahanabad? ■ Basant Jahanabad · ■ Lalganj rural average Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%** **69.4% Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****833** **881 Child sex ratio (0–6) ****901** **895 Working population ****30.2%** **31.6% ### Women and men Literacy is 76.6% for men and 60.5% for women. 37% of men and 22% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ********** **■** Cultivators 146 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 406 (24%) · **■** Household industry 211 (12%) · **■** Other work 343 (20%) · **■** Marginal 594 (35%) 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 Lalganj - Paura Madan Singh8,998 people - Purkhauli6,346 people - Jalalpur Urf Bishunpur Gamhir6,307 people - Sirsa Biran6,176 people - Etwarpur Sisaul5,519 people - Bhakurahar Sital5,078 people - Jagdishpur Chaturbhuj urf4,518 people - Kartahan Buzurg4,101 people [All 98 villages in Lalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/vaishali/lalganj/villages/) ## Quick answers - How far is Basant Jahanabad from Hajipur?15 km by road - What is the population of Basant Jahanabad?5,637 (Census 2011) - Which district is Basant Jahanabad in?Vaishali district (Lalganj sub-district), Bihar - What is the literacy rate of Basant Jahanabad?69.3% (Census 2011)