Basant is a small village in Chewara mandal, Sheikhpura district, Bihar with a population of 717 across 115 households. It has a literacy rate of 46.6% and is located at coordinates 26.373°N, 85.699°E with PIN code 811304.
By population, Basant ranks #31 of 39 villages in Chewara mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Basant is a village of 717 people in 115 households (Census 2011) in Chewara block, Sheikhpura district, Bihar, the 31st-largest of 39 villages in Chewara block. Literacy is 47%, 2 points below the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 1,003 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Sheikhpura district centre, 3 km from Jale, the nearest town, 6 km from Jogiara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 811304, served by Chewara post office; the LGD village code is 244048. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Basant, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SUNITA DEVI, and the village votes in Bachhwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Surendra Mehta. The population is estimated at 845 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chakandra →
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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