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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANTOSH KUMAR MEHTA
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- LGD code
- 220974
- Pincode
- 854340
- Post office
- Birpur (Supaul)
- Population
- 2,232
- Households
- 519
- Literacy rate
- 41.1%
- Sex ratio
- 901 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 608
- Distance to district centre
- 240 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 295 km
- Distance to Patna
- 141 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 604 km
- Nearest railway station
- Belthara Road · 3 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Kakraso · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahorwa compares
By population, Bahorwa ranks #34 of 94 villages in Basantpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
41.1%
−3.7% vs mandal average
- Bahorwa
- 41.1%
- Basantpur mandal
- 44.8%
- Supaul district
- 46.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
901
−30 vs mandal average
- Bahorwa
- 901
- Basantpur mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Bahorwa
- 4.3
- Basantpur mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahorwa at a glance
Bahorwa is a village of 2,232 people in 519 households (Census 2011) in Basantpur block, Supaul district, Bihar, the 34th-largest of 94 villages in Basantpur block. Literacy is 41%, 4 points below the block average of 45% and the sex ratio is 901 women per 1,000 men. It lies 240 km from the Supaul district centre, 16 km from Paina, the nearest town, 3 km from Belthara Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 854340, served by Birpur (Supaul) post office; the LGD village code is 220974. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Kakraso, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SANTOSH KUMAR MEHTA, and the village votes in Pipra assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rambilash Kamat. The population is estimated at 2,632 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahorwa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BIRPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RATANPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 210
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 75.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahorwa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bahorwa
- LGD code
- 220974
- Pincode
- 854340
- Post office
- Birpur (Supaul)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,232
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,632
- Households
- 519
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 901
- Literacy rate
- 41.1%
- Coordinates
- 26.13300°N, 83.86600°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Supaul
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pipra
- Member of Parliament
- Dileshwar Kamait
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rambilash Kamat
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANTOSH KUMAR MEHTA
- Block / Mandal
- Basantpur
Getting there
How to reach Bahorwa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna141 kmcapital
- Kolkata604 km
- Delhi713 km
- Hyderabad1120 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBelthara Road3 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Kakraso<1 km
- ATM / bankUnion Bank of India13 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petrolium2 km
- CollegeInter college, Sakarpura31 km
- Police stationUbhaon Police Station<1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bahorwa
1 Mosque mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🕌Ubhaon MosqueMosque<1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854340
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- KochgawanBasantpur mandal5,396 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur mandal5,143 pop
- Hirde NagarBasantpur mandal5,118 pop
- Banaili PattiBasantpur mandal4,853 pop
- PiprahigotBasantpur mandal4,787 pop
- NirmaliBasantpur mandal4,774 pop
- BalbhadarpurBasantpur mandal4,623 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)