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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Basauna is a village in Kahara mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar with a population of 3,269 across 657 households and a literacy rate of 48.1%. The village has railway connectivity.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ramchandra sah
Contact: 95****8697
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- LGD code
- 226441
- Pincode
- 852202
- Post office
- Saharsa Collec.
- Population
- 3,269
- Households
- 657
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Sex ratio
- 925 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,081
- Distance to district centre
- 21 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 25 km
- Distance to Patna
- 146 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 405 km
- Nearest railway station
- Parminiya · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre · 5 km
జనగణన 2011 · పోలిక
Basauna ఇతరులతో పోలిస్తే
By population, Basauna ranks #13 of 43 villages in Kahara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
48.1%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Basauna
- 48.1%
- Kahara mandal
- 46.5%
- Saharsa district
- 42.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
925
+14 vs mandal average
- Basauna
- 925
- Kahara mandal
- 911
Household size
people per home
5.0
Same as the mandal average
- Basauna
- 5.0
- Kahara mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basauna ఒక్క చూపులో
Basauna బీహార్లోని సహస్ర జిల్లా, Kahara బ్లాక్లో 3,269 జనాభా 657 కుటుంబాలలో (జనగణన 2011) గల గ్రామం, Kahara బ్లాక్లోని 43 గ్రామాలలో 13వ పెద్దది. అక్షరాస్యత 48%, బ్లాక్ సగటు 47% కంటే 2 పాయింట్లు ఎక్కువ మరియు లింగ నిష్పత్తి ప్రతి 1,000 పురుషులకు 925 మహిళలు. ఇది సహస్ర జిల్లా కేంద్రం నుండి 21 కి.మీ, సమీప పట్టణం Amari నుండి 4 కి.మీ, Parminiya రైల్వే స్టేషన్ నుండి 2 కి.మీ ఉంది (సరళ రేఖ దూరాలు). పిన్కోడ్ 852202, Saharsa Collec. పోస్టాఫీసు పరిధిలో; LGD గ్రామ కోడ్ 226441. సమీప ఆసుపత్రి/ఆరోగ్య కేంద్రం Mahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre, 5 కి.మీ దూరంలో. సర్పంచ్ Ramchandra sah; గ్రామం Kusheshwar Asthan అసెంబ్లీ నియోజకవర్గంలో ఉంది, ఎమ్మెల్యే Atirek Kumar. 2026లో జనాభా సుమారు 3,854, 2011 జనగణన కంటే 18% ఎక్కువ.
గ్రామ పంచాయతీ: Sirade Patti →
సమీప గ్రామాల పోలిక
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basauna
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SAHARSA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 7
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SIRADAIPATTI
- Total area (ha)
- 286.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 184.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basauna
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
ముఖ్య వివరాలు — Basauna
- LGD code
- 226441
- Pincode
- 852202
- Post office
- Saharsa Collec.
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,269
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,854
- Households
- 657
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 925
- Literacy rate
- 48.1%
- Coordinates
- 25.83264°N, 86.57287°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kusheshwar Asthan
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Atirek Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ramchandra sah
- Block / Mandal
- Kahara
- Nearest railway station
- Parminiya (2.4 km)
చేరుకోవడం
Basauna ఎలా చేరుకోవాలి
నగరాలకు దూరం · సరళ రేఖ
- Patna146 kmcapital
- Kolkata405 km
- Delhi976 km
- Hyderabad1257 km
రకం వారీగా సమీపం · ప్రాంతంలో ఎక్కడైనా
- Railway stationParminiya2 km
- Bus stopBus Stand22 km
- Hospital / PHCMahaveer Hospital and Orthocare Centre5 km
- ATM / bankgramin bank18 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump21 km
- CollegeMadhepura College24 km
- Police stationMadhepura Town Police Station24 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Parminiya2.4 km
ఆరాధనా స్థలాలు · 5 కి.మీ లోపు
Temples & shrines near Basauna
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕THAKURBARITemple4.9 km ↗
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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, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)