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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AJAY SAHANI
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- LGD code
- 238172
- Pincode
- 851130
- Post office
- Naokothi
- Population
- 5,844
- Households
- 1,332
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Sex ratio
- 911 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,916
Census 2011 · in context
How Babhangama compares
By population, Babhangama ranks #7 of 35 villages in Naokothi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.3%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Babhangama
- 49.3%
- Naokothi mandal
- 48.6%
- Begusarai district
- 52.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
911
−12 vs mandal average
- Babhangama
- 911
- Naokothi mandal
- 923
Household size
people per home
4.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Babhangama
- 4.4
- Naokothi mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Babhangama at a glance
Babhangama is a village of 5,844 people in 1,332 households (Census 2011) in Naokothi block, Begusarai district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 35 villages in Naokothi block. Literacy is 49%, about the same as the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 851130, served by Naokothi post office; the LGD village code is 238172. The sarpanch is AJAY SAHANI, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 6,890 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Babhangama
- LGD code
- 238172
- Pincode
- 851130
- Post office
- Naokothi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 5,844
- Population (projected 2026)
- 6,890
- Households
- 1,332
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 911
- Literacy rate
- 49.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Saharsa
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Indrajeet Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AJAY SAHANI
- Block / Mandal
- Naokothi
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View all 35 →Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)