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- LGD code
- 256712
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population
- 1,127
- Households
- 155
- Literacy rate
- 50%
- Sex ratio
- 960 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 544
Census 2011 · in context
How Barsiwan compares
By population, Barsiwan ranks #37 of 103 villages in Tan Kuppa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.0%
+4.0% vs mandal average
- Barsiwan
- 50.0%
- Tan Kuppa mandal
- 46.0%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
960
+13 vs mandal average
- Barsiwan
- 960
- Tan Kuppa mandal
- 947
Household size
people per home
7.3
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Barsiwan
- 7.3
- Tan Kuppa mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barsiwan at a glance
Barsiwan is a village of 1,127 people in 155 households (Census 2011) in Tan Kuppa block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 37th-largest of 103 villages in Tan Kuppa block. Literacy is 50%, 4 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 824232, served by Fatehpur (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 256712. The village votes in Lakhisarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Sinha. The population is estimated at 1,329 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barsiwan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- GAYA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dhibar
- Total area (ha)
- 93
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barsiwan
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Key facts — Barsiwan
- LGD code
- 256712
- Pincode
- 824232
- Post office
- Fatehpur (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,127
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,329
- Households
- 155
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 960
- Literacy rate
- 50.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lakhisarai
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Sinha
- Block / Mandal
- Tan Kuppa
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)