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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
HARENDRA DAS
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- LGD code
- 217264
- Pincode
- 845307
- Post office
- Sikta
- Population
- 1,700
- Households
- 357
- Literacy rate
- 42.5%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 838
Census 2011 · in context
How Basantpur compares
By population, Basantpur ranks #38 of 61 villages in Sikta mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.5%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 42.5%
- Sikta mandal
- 42.8%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
+14 vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 912
- Sikta mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 4.8
- Sikta mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basantpur at a glance
Basantpur is a village of 1,700 people in 357 households (Census 2011) in Sikta block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 38th-largest of 61 villages in Sikta block. Literacy is 43%, about the same as the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 845307, served by Sikta post office; the LGD village code is 217264. The sarpanch is HARENDRA DAS, and the village votes in Dhaka assembly constituency, represented by MLA Faisal Rahman. The population is estimated at 2,004 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Maswas →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basantpur · this village | 1,700 | 43% | — |
| Maswas · Sikta | 4,346 | 37% | — |
| Sabaithwa · Sikta | 2,620 | 44% | — |
| Bheriharwa · Sikta | 2,025 | 53% | — |
| Bahuarwa · Sikta | 1,297 | 52% | — |
| Bishunpurwa · Sikta | 1,256 | 48% | — |
| Indarwa · Sikta | 534 | 29% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basantpur
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BETTIAH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 30
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Basantpur
- Total area (ha)
- 163.62
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 102.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basantpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basantpur
- LGD code
- 217264
- Pincode
- 845307
- Post office
- Sikta
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,700
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,004
- Households
- 357
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 42.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhaka
- Member of Parliament
- Lovely Anand
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Faisal Rahman
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- HARENDRA DAS
- Block / Mandal
- Sikta
- Nearest railway station
- Kundwa Chainpur (7.0 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 845307
Same name, different place
Other villages named Basantpur
Looking for a different Basantpur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Basantpur →
- BasantpurAraria · Araria, Bihar12,499 pop
- BasantpurCampierganj · Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh7,887 pop
- BasantpurKaiserganj · Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh6,380 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur · Siwan, Bihar5,684 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur · Supaul, Bihar5,143 pop
- BasantpurLauriya · Pashchim Champaran, Bihar4,883 pop
- BasantpurShankarpur · Madhepura, Bihar4,613 pop
- BasantpurGoriakothi · Siwan, Bihar4,506 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Basantpur
Other villages in Sikta mandal
View all 60+ →- Haripur
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- Puraina
- Dhankutwa
- Baisakhwa
- Balthar
- Ghorcharhi
- Surajpur
- Sirsiya
- Bhaunara
- Parsauni Murli
- Maswas
- Shikarpur
- Jhakhra
- Jagarnathpur
- Senuariya
- Lal Parsa
- Gauripur
- Sundargawn
- Bhawanipur
- Parsa
- Gamharia Birnagar
- Parsauni Ghogha
- Ekdari Mangalpur
- Pokharia
- Ausanpur
- Sabaithwa
- Jaisinghpur
- Sonbarsa
- Tola Gularia
- Narkatia
- Kursi Barwa
- Mathia
- Sugaha
- Bheriharwa
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)