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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SONI KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 229523
- Pincode
- 844118
- Post office
- Goraul
- Population
- 2,229
- Households
- 358
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Sex ratio
- 864 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 714
Census 2011 · in context
How Raghunathpur Basant compares
By population, Raghunathpur Basant ranks #69 of 166 villages in Kurhani mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.3%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Raghunathpur Basant
- 55.3%
- Kurhani mandal
- 53.9%
- Muzaffarpur district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
864
−27 vs mandal average
- Raghunathpur Basant
- 864
- Kurhani mandal
- 891
Household size
people per home
6.2
+0.9 vs mandal average
- Raghunathpur Basant
- 6.2
- Kurhani mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Raghunathpur Basant at a glance
Raghunathpur Basant is a village of 2,229 people in 358 households (Census 2011) in Kurhani block, Muzaffarpur district, Bihar, the 69th-largest of 166 villages in Kurhani block. Literacy is 55%, 1 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 844118, served by Goraul post office; the LGD village code is 229523. The sarpanch is SONI KUMARI, and the village votes in Alamnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Narayan Yadav. The population is estimated at 2,628 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Harpur Balra →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raghunathpur Basant · this village | 2,229 | 55% | — |
| Harpur Balra · Kurhani | 2,639 | 53% | — |
| Madhopur Chikni · Kurhani | 2,182 | 54% | — |
| Mathurapur · Kurhani | 599 | 37% | — |
| Sherpurchak Makhan · Kurhani | 542 | 67% | — |
| Chak Makhan · Kurhani | 471 | 61% | — |
| Fatehpur Bhagwan · Kurhani | 222 | 56% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Raghunathpur Basant
- 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
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- MUZAFFARPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Harpur balra
- Total area (ha)
- 107
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Raghunathpur Basant
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Raghunathpur Basant
- LGD code
- 229523
- Pincode
- 844118
- Post office
- Goraul
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,229
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,628
- Households
- 358
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 864
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Madhepura
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Alamnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Dinesh Chandra Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Narendra Narayan Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SONI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Kurhani
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 844118
- PakauliKurhani mandal4,326 pop
- Bilwar Urf Belwar DihKurhani mandal3,612 pop
- Parian Urf AkhtiarpurKurhani mandal3,505 pop
- Chamrahra Urf LalpurKurhani mandal3,343 pop
- Kesrawan DihKurhani mandal2,601 pop
- JagarnathpurKurhani mandal2,417 pop
- Dhonrhi RatanKurhani mandal2,404 pop
- Damodarpur DumriKurhani mandal2,315 pop
- Karam Chand BalraKurhani mandal1,555 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Raghunathpur Basant
Other villages in Kurhani mandal
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- Turki
- Kurhani
- Shakrisaraiya
- Kharauna Dih
- Kerwan Dih
- Ladauar
- Jarhua
- Sumera Urf Afzalpur Madho
- Raghunathpur Madhuban Urf Kaman Chhapra
- Basauli
- Amrakh
- Chhitrauli
- Kishunpur Madhuban
- Chandrahati
- Gauraia
- Sonbarsa Shah
- Tarsan Kishuni
- Kafain Daria Chhapra
- Shahpur Mircha
- Padmaul
- Madhopur Susta
- Bangra Bansidhar
- Kishunpur Mohan
- Chapki
- Balra Kishun
- Chainpur
- Dubahi
- Parkhotimpur
- Moraul Urf Mor Nisf
- Pakauli
- Harshankarpur Maniari
- Thatia Garh Goriari
- Ratnauli
- Sumera
Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)