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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BABITA DEVI
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- LGD code
- 219926
- Pincode
- 847225
- Post office
- Basopatti
- Population
- 2,951
- Households
- 568
- Literacy rate
- 48.9%
- Sex ratio
- 870 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 913
Census 2011 · in context
How Barantpur compares
By population, Barantpur ranks #22 of 34 villages in Basopatti mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.9%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Barantpur
- 48.9%
- Basopatti mandal
- 47.8%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
870
−41 vs mandal average
- Barantpur
- 870
- Basopatti mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Barantpur
- 5.2
- Basopatti mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barantpur at a glance
Barantpur is a village of 2,951 people in 568 households (Census 2011) in Basopatti block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 22nd-largest of 34 villages in Basopatti block. Literacy is 49%, 1 points above the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 870 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 847225, served by Basopatti post office; the LGD village code is 219926. The sarpanch is BABITA DEVI. The population is estimated at 3,479 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barantpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MADHUBANI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 32
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barantpur
- Total area (ha)
- 219.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 90
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barantpur
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Key facts — Barantpur
- LGD code
- 219926
- Pincode
- 847225
- Post office
- Basopatti
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,951
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,479
- Households
- 568
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 870
- Literacy rate
- 48.9%
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BABITA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Basopatti
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View all 33 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)