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Bazidpur is a village in Vidyapati Nagar mandal, Samastipur district, Bihar. It has a population of 7,524 across 1,484 households with a literacy rate of 51.1%. The village is located at coordinates 25.666°N, 87.898°E.
By population, Bazidpur ranks #9 of 36 villages in Vidyapati Nagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bazidpur is a village of 7,524 people in 1,484 households (Census 2011) in Vidyapati Nagar block, Samastipur district, Bihar, the 9th-largest of 36 villages in Vidyapati Nagar block. Literacy is 51%, about the same as the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 158 km from the Samastipur district centre, 0 km from Bazidpur, the nearest town, 3 km from Barsoi Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 848503, served by Vidhyapati Nagar post office; the LGD village code is 237001. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barsoi SDH, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Mukesh Kumar, and the village votes in Balrampur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sangita Devi. The population is estimated at 8,871 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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