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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barsam is a village in Andhratharhi mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar with a population of 4,320 across 903 households and a literacy rate of 52.4%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
AMLESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY
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- LGD code
- 220644
- Pincode
- 847411
- Post office
- Rudrapur (Madhubani)
- Population
- 4,320
- Households
- 903
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,821
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Patna
- 136 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 441 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tamuria · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. B K Paswan Clinic · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barsam compares
By population, Barsam ranks #15 of 48 villages in Andhratharhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.4%
+0.7% vs mandal average
- Barsam
- 52.4%
- Andhratharhi mandal
- 51.7%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−4 vs mandal average
- Barsam
- 912
- Andhratharhi mandal
- 916
Household size
people per home
4.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Barsam
- 4.8
- Andhratharhi mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barsam at a glance
Barsam is a village of 4,320 people in 903 households (Census 2011) in Andhratharhi block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 15th-largest of 48 villages in Andhratharhi block. Literacy is 52%, about the same as the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Madhubani district centre, 2 km from Bheja, the nearest town, 16 km from Tamuria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847411, served by Rudrapur (Madhubani) post office; the LGD village code is 220644. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. B K Paswan Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is AMLESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY, and the village votes in Mahishi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gautam Krishna. The population is estimated at 5,093 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barsam
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 5
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- JHANJHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 40
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barsam
- Total area (ha)
- 428
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 47.6
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barsam
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barsam
- LGD code
- 220644
- Pincode
- 847411
- Post office
- Rudrapur (Madhubani)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,320
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,093
- Households
- 903
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 52.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.10064°N, 86.38003°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahishi
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gautam Krishna
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- AMLESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY
- Block / Mandal
- Andhratharhi
Getting there
How to reach Barsam
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna136 kmcapital
- Kolkata441 km
- Delhi948 km
- Hyderabad1266 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTamuria16 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. B K Paswan Clinic8 km
- ATM / bankCentral Bank of India23 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump29 km
- Collegeश्री रामसुंदर संस्कृत विश्वविद्या प्रतिष्ठान21 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station34 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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