Kharka Basant observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
By population, Kharka Basant ranks #1 of 28 villages in Bokhara mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharka Basant is a village of 16,018 people in 3,513 households (Census 2011) in Bokhara block, Sitamarhi district, Bihar, the largest of 28 villages in Bokhara block. Literacy is 46%, 6 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 911 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 843333, served by Nanpur post office; the LGD village code is 219788. The sarpanch is RAMDEO JHA, and the village votes in Bajpatti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rameshwar Kumar Mehto. The population is estimated at 18,885 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kharka Basant Dakshini →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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