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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SHIV SHANKAR MAHTO
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- LGD code
- 237679
- Pincode
- 851133
- Post office
- Teghra
- Population
- 2,191
- Households
- 491
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Sex ratio
- 824 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 662
Census 2011 · in context
How Basahi compares
By population, Basahi ranks #36 of 157 villages in Bhagwanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
59.5%
+9.4% vs mandal average
- Basahi
- 59.5%
- Bhagwanpur mandal
- 50.1%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
824
−69 vs mandal average
- Basahi
- 824
- Bhagwanpur mandal
- 893
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Basahi
- 4.5
- Bhagwanpur mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basahi at a glance
Basahi is a village of 2,191 people in 491 households (Census 2011) in Bhagwanpur block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 36th-largest of 157 villages in Bhagwanpur block. Literacy is 60%, 9 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 824 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 851133, served by Teghra post office; the LGD village code is 237679. The sarpanch is SHIV SHANKAR MAHTO, and the village votes in Pirpainti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Murari Pasavan. The population is estimated at 2,583 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Basahi
- LGD code
- 237679
- Pincode
- 851133
- Post office
- Teghra
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,191
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,583
- Households
- 491
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 824
- Literacy rate
- 59.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhagalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pirpainti
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Kumar Mandal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Murari Pasavan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SHIV SHANKAR MAHTO
- Block / Mandal
- Bhagwanpur
- Nearest railway station
- Kahalgaon (6.5 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
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