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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAM BINOD THAKUR
Contact: 99****6077
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- LGD code
- 236191
- Pincode
- 848160
- Post office
- Kalyanpur (Samastipur)
- Population
- 1,727
- Households
- 332
- Literacy rate
- 44.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1010 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 714
Census 2011 · in context
How Rasulpur Baghla compares
By population, Rasulpur Baghla ranks #64 of 153 villages in Kalyanpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
44.3%
−3.0% vs mandal average
- Rasulpur Baghla
- 44.3%
- Kalyanpur mandal
- 47.3%
- Samastipur district
- 50.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,010
+74 vs mandal average
- Rasulpur Baghla
- 1,010
- Kalyanpur mandal
- 936
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Rasulpur Baghla
- 5.2
- Kalyanpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rasulpur Baghla at a glance
Rasulpur Baghla is a village of 1,727 people in 332 households (Census 2011) in Kalyanpur block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 64th-largest of 153 villages in Kalyanpur block. Literacy is 44%, 3 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,010 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 848160, served by Kalyanpur (Samastipur) post office; the LGD village code is 236191. The sarpanch is RAM BINOD THAKUR, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 2,036 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Namapur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rasulpur Baghla · this village | 1,727 | 44% | — |
| Namapur · Kalyanpur | 4,388 | 40% | — |
| Az Rakbe Rasulpur · Kalyanpur | 1,154 | 39% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rasulpur Baghla
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 3
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAMASTIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- NAMAPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 125
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 82.09
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rasulpur Baghla
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Rasulpur Baghla
- LGD code
- 236191
- Pincode
- 848160
- Post office
- Kalyanpur (Samastipur)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,727
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,036
- Households
- 332
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1010
- Literacy rate
- 44.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhri
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAM BINOD THAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Kalyanpur
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 848160
- Kalyanpur BamolaBibhutpur mandal17,946 pop
- KharsandKalyanpur mandal13,774 pop
- Mahamadpur ShakraBibhutpur mandal11,604 pop
- KeraiBibhutpur mandal10,209 pop
- Chak HabibBibhutpur mandal8,890 pop
- MehsiBibhutpur mandal7,924 pop
- RatwaraKalyanpur mandal7,295 pop
- Ram BhadarpurKalyanpur mandal6,443 pop
- BarhetaKalyanpur mandal6,052 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Rasulpur Baghla
Other villages in Kalyanpur mandal
View all 60+ →- Kharsand
- Somnaha
- Malinagar
- Ratwara
- Birsinghpur
- Dhobgawan
- Chak Mahsi
- Gopalpur
- Ram Bhadarpur
- Saidpur
- Ladaura
- Jitwaria
- Barheta
- Hajpurwa
- Simria Bhindi
- Partapur
- Purkhotimpur
- Bakhtiarpur
- Basdeopur
- Belsandi
- Kurhwa
- Kalaunjar
- Namapur
- Kalyanpur
- Khajuri
- Tira
- Madhurapur
- Phulahra
- Koilwan
- Surmar
- Gorai
- Rampur
- Mirzapur
- Madhopur Bhual
- Akbarpur
- Musepur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)