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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SABILA
Contact: 62****3598
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- LGD code
- 239418
- Pincode
- 812005
- Post office
- Mirjanhat
- Population
- 1,070
- Households
- 215
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Sex ratio
- 887 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 271
Census 2011 · in context
How Basantpur compares
By population, Basantpur ranks #37 of 82 villages in Sabour mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.5%
−1.7% vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 53.5%
- Sabour mandal
- 55.2%
- Bhagalpur district
- 51.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
+7 vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 887
- Sabour mandal
- 880
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Basantpur
- 5.0
- Sabour mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basantpur at a glance
Basantpur is a village of 1,070 people in 215 households (Census 2011) in Sabour block, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, the 37th-largest of 82 villages in Sabour block. Literacy is 54%, 2 points below the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 812005, served by Mirjanhat post office; the LGD village code is 239418. The sarpanch is SABILA, and the village votes in Bihariganj assembly constituency, represented by MLA Niranjan Kumar Mehta. The population is estimated at 1,262 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lodipur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basantpur · this village | 1,070 | 54% | — |
| Lodipur · Sabour | 5,058 | 58% | — |
| Angari · Sabour | 2,907 | 81% | — |
| Tahbalpur · Sabour | 2,727 | 52% | — |
| Lodipur Kalan · Sabour | 1,794 | 37% | — |
| Jagatpur · Sabour | 1,341 | 52% | — |
| Lodipur Khurd · Sabour | 695 | 38% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Basantpur
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- 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
- 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
- BHAGALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 3
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baijalpur
- Total area (ha)
- 61.51
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Basantpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Basantpur
- LGD code
- 239418
- Pincode
- 812005
- Post office
- Mirjanhat
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,070
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,262
- Households
- 215
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 887
- Literacy rate
- 53.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bihariganj
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Niranjan Kumar Mehta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SABILA
- Block / Mandal
- Sabour
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 812005
- KhutahaGoradih mandal7,086 pop
- BaijaniJagdishpur mandal5,270 pop
- ImampurJagdishpur mandal5,174 pop
- SemariaNathnagar mandal4,469 pop
- PhulwariaJagdishpur mandal4,444 pop
- JamuniJagdishpur mandal3,917 pop
- KamalpurNathnagar mandal3,728 pop
- JamgaonJagdishpur mandal3,708 pop
- Naraenpur KolaJagdishpur mandal3,014 pop
Same name, different place
Other villages named Basantpur
Looking for a different Basantpur? The largest eight this name across India. All villages named Basantpur →
- BasantpurAraria · Araria, Bihar12,499 pop
- BasantpurCampierganj · Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh7,887 pop
- BasantpurKaiserganj · Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh6,380 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur · Siwan, Bihar5,684 pop
- BasantpurBasantpur · Supaul, Bihar5,143 pop
- BasantpurLauriya · Pashchim Champaran, Bihar4,883 pop
- BasantpurShankarpur · Madhepura, Bihar4,613 pop
- BasantpurGoriakothi · Siwan, Bihar4,506 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Basantpur
Other villages in Sabour mandal
View all 60+ →- Fatehpur
- Raziuddinpur
- Pharka
- Lailakh
- Lodipur
- Masarh
- Mamlakha
- Sardho
- Rajpur
- Barari
- Sultanpur
- Amdar
- Mansarpur
- Ramnagararazishankarpurkodwar
- Bahadurpur
- Babupur
- Angari
- Talpur Ranga
- Baijalpur
- Tahbalpur
- Parghari
- Ibrahimpur
- Kurpat
- Baijnathpur
- Bansitikar
- Gopalpur
- Chandheri
- Khan Kita
- Dhankar
- Mirzapur
- Lodipur Kalan
- Bagder
- Jagatpur
- Saidpur
- Bhithi
- Chainchak
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)