Basra observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Basra ranks #60 of 115 villages in Tarari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basra is a village of 963 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Tarari block, Bhojpur district, Bihar, the 60th-largest of 115 villages in Tarari block. Literacy is 63%, 4 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 899 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 802222, served by Khutahan post office; the LGD village code is 247695. The sarpanch is USHA DEVI, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 1,135 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Panwari →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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