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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BEENA DEVI
Contact: 76****6169
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- LGD code
- 239337
- Pincode
- 853204
- Post office
- Naugachia
- Population
- 2,044
- Households
- 382
- Literacy rate
- 21.7%
- Sex ratio
- 846 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 749
Census 2011 · in context
How Basgarha compares
By population, Basgarha ranks #8 of 17 villages in Ismailpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
21.7%
−10.4% vs mandal average
- Basgarha
- 21.7%
- Ismailpur mandal
- 32.1%
- Bhagalpur district
- 51.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
846
−20 vs mandal average
- Basgarha
- 846
- Ismailpur mandal
- 866
Household size
people per home
5.4
−1.1 vs mandal average
- Basgarha
- 5.4
- Ismailpur mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basgarha at a glance
Basgarha is a village of 2,044 people in 382 households (Census 2011) in Ismailpur block, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, the 8th-largest of 17 villages in Ismailpur block. Literacy is 22%, 10 points below the block average of 32% and the sex ratio is 846 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 853204, served by Naugachia post office; the LGD village code is 239337. The sarpanch is BEENA DEVI, and the village votes in Barari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Bijay Singh. The population is estimated at 2,410 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Parbatta →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basgarha · this village | 2,044 | 22% | — |
| Parbatta · Ismailpur | 14,197 | 38% | — |
| Parbatta Deori · Ismailpur | 0 | — | — |
| Parbatta Deori · Ismailpur | 0 | — | — |
| Parbatta Deori · Ismailpur | 0 | — | — |
| Salarpur · Ismailpur | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basgarha
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NAUGACHHIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 25
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- parwatta
- Total area (ha)
- 347
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 162
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basgarha
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basgarha
- LGD code
- 239337
- Pincode
- 853204
- Post office
- Naugachia
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,044
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,410
- Households
- 382
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 846
- Literacy rate
- 21.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Katihar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barari
- Member of Parliament
- Tariq Anwar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bijay Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BEENA DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Ismailpur
- Nearest bank
- sbi (2.1 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Kursela (1.5 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 853204
- PartapnagarNaugachhia mandal35,878 pop
- RangraRangra Chowk mandal17,651 pop
- BhawanipurRangra Chowk mandal15,422 pop
- ParbattaIsmailpur mandal14,197 pop
- PakraNaugachhia mandal14,169 pop
- TetariNaugachhia mandal12,440 pop
- AbhiaGopalpur mandal11,527 pop
- KhagraNaugachhia mandal11,340 pop
- GoshaingaonGopalpur mandal11,326 pop
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Other villages named Basgarha
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Basgarha
Other villages in Ismailpur mandal
View all 22 →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)