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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baswa is a village in Lakhnaur mandal, Madhubani district, Bihar with 866 residents across 183 households. The literacy rate is 47.5%, and the village is situated at PIN code 847403, coordinates 26.068°N, 86.122°E.
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- LGD code
- 220797
- Pincode
- 847403
- Post office
- Jhanjharpur RS
- Population
- 866
- Households
- 183
- Literacy rate
- 47.5%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 308
- Distance to district centre
- 13 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 2 km
- Distance to Patna
- 112 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 450 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sakri Junction · 16 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SubDivisional Hospital, Benipur · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baswa compares
By population, Baswa ranks #32 of 44 villages in Lakhnaur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.5%
−4.0% vs mandal average
- Baswa
- 47.5%
- Lakhnaur mandal
- 51.5%
- Madhubani district
- 48.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−18 vs mandal average
- Baswa
- 912
- Lakhnaur mandal
- 930
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Baswa
- 4.7
- Lakhnaur mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baswa at a glance
Baswa is a village of 866 people in 183 households (Census 2011) in Lakhnaur block, Madhubani district, Bihar, the 32nd-largest of 44 villages in Lakhnaur block. Literacy is 48%, 4 points below the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 13 km from the Madhubani district centre, 7 km from Haridih, the nearest town, 16 km from Sakri Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847403, served by Jhanjharpur RS post office; the LGD village code is 220797. The nearest hospital or health centre is SubDivisional Hospital, Benipur, 3 km away. The village votes in Benipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Binay Kumar Choudhary. The population is estimated at 1,021 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baswa
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JHANJHARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 52
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 17
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baswa
- Total area (ha)
- 51.3
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Baswa
- LGD code
- 220797
- Pincode
- 847403
- Post office
- Jhanjharpur RS
- Population (Census 2011)
- 866
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,021
- Households
- 183
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 47.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.06775°N, 86.12203°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Darbhanga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Benipur
- Member of Parliament
- Gopal Jee Thakur
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Binay Kumar Choudhary
- Block / Mandal
- Lakhnaur
Getting there
How to reach Baswa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna112 kmcapital
- Kolkata450 km
- Delhi924 km
- Hyderabad1246 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSakri Junction16 km
- Hospital / PHCSubDivisional Hospital, Benipur3 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank2 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump11 km
- Collegeपूर्णिमा राम प्रताप संस्कृत महाविद्यालय5 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station17 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Baswa
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Baswa
4 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-15
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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