Basta observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Basta ranks #21 of 30 villages in Tharthari mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basta is a village of 1,229 people in 214 households (Census 2011) in Tharthari block, Nalanda district, Bihar, the 21st-largest of 30 villages in Tharthari block. Literacy is 12%, 38 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 205 km from the Nalanda district centre, 3 km from Panjipara, the nearest town, 3 km from Panjipara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 801307, served by Bhathar post office; the LGD village code is 244703. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mgm Medical College Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 2,372 in 2026, up 93% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basta · this village | 1,229 | 12% | — |
| Khrhila · Goalpokher - I | 720 | 39% | 1.4 km S |
| Bualmari · Goalpokher - I | 2,041 | 38% | 1.5 km NW |
| Uttar Ghoramara · Goalpokher - I | 826 | 23% | 2.4 km S |
| Khamar Pokhar · Goalpokher - II | 2,323 | 22% | 2.6 km S |
| Panjipara · Goalpokher - I | 12,376 | 54% | 3 km N |
| Jinatpur · Bakhtiarpur | 542 | 84% | 3.5 km SE |
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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