Barsam is a village in Sonbarsa mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar, with a population of 5,089 across 1,023 households. It has a literacy rate of 48.2%, the highest among villages in the same mandal.
By population, Barsam ranks #13 of 59 villages in Sonbarsa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barsam is a village of 5,089 people in 1,023 households (Census 2011) in Sonbarsa block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 13th-largest of 59 villages in Sonbarsa block. Literacy is 48%, 7 points above the block average of 41% and the sex ratio is 896 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Saharsa district centre, 2 km from Bheja, the nearest town, 16 km from Tamuria railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852217, served by Mangwar post office; the LGD village code is 226563. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. B K Paswan Clinic, 8 km away. The sarpanch is TEJ NARAYAN YADAV, and the village votes in Madhepura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandra Shekhar. The population is estimated at 6,000 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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