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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bazidpur is a village in Azamnagar mandal, Katihar district, Bihar. It has a population of 88 across 25 households with a literacy rate of 19.3%. The village is situated at coordinates 25.666°N, 87.898°E.
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- LGD code
- 225261
- Pincode
- 854116
- Post office
- Mahadevpur (Katihar)
- Population
- 88
- Households
- 25
- Literacy rate
- 19.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1444 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 47
- Distance to district centre
- 89 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Patna
- 277 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 347 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barsoi Junction · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Barsoi SDH · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bazidpur compares
By population, Bazidpur ranks #199 of 234 villages in Azamnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
19.3%
−18.9% vs mandal average
- Bazidpur
- 19.3%
- Azamnagar mandal
- 38.2%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,444
+524 vs mandal average
- Bazidpur
- 1,444
- Azamnagar mandal
- 920
Household size
people per home
3.5
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Bazidpur
- 3.5
- Azamnagar mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bazidpur at a glance
Bazidpur is a village of 88 people in 25 households (Census 2011) in Azamnagar block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 199th-largest of 234 villages in Azamnagar block. Literacy is 19%, 19 points below the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 1,444 women per 1,000 men. It lies 89 km from the Katihar district centre, 0 km from Bazidpur, the nearest town, 3 km from Barsoi Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854116, served by Mahadevpur (Katihar) post office; the LGD village code is 225261. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 6 km away. The village votes in Katihar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tarkishore Prasad. The population is estimated at 104 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bazidpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 40
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SHITALMANI
- Total area (ha)
- 16.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8.1
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bazidpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bazidpur
- LGD code
- 225261
- Pincode
- 854116
- Post office
- Mahadevpur (Katihar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 88
- Population (projected 2026)
- 104
- Households
- 25
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1444
- Literacy rate
- 19.3%
- Coordinates
- 25.66594°N, 87.89814°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Member of Parliament
- Tariq Anwar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Tarkishore Prasad
- Block / Mandal
- Azamnagar
Getting there
How to reach Bazidpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna277 kmcapital
- Kolkata347 km
- Delhi1107 km
- Hyderabad1339 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarsoi Junction3 km
- Bus stopBotolbari14 km
- Hospital / PHCBarsoi SDH6 km
- ATM / banksbi24 km
- Petrol pumpReliance19 km
- CollegeD S College35 km
- Police stationPolice station36 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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