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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
RAKHI DEVI
Contact: 99****5570
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- LGD code
- 235369
- Pincode
- 844505
- Post office
- Jhandaha
- Population
- 2,466
- Households
- 494
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Sex ratio
- 922 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 894
Census 2011 · in context
How Bahsi Damodar compares
By population, Bahsi Damodar ranks #41 of 124 villages in Jandaha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.5%
+5.9% vs mandal average
- Bahsi Damodar
- 60.5%
- Jandaha mandal
- 54.6%
- Vaishali district
- 55.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
922
+35 vs mandal average
- Bahsi Damodar
- 922
- Jandaha mandal
- 887
Household size
people per home
5.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Bahsi Damodar
- 5.0
- Jandaha mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bahsi Damodar at a glance
Bahsi Damodar is a village of 2,466 people in 494 households (Census 2011) in Jandaha block, Vaishali district, Bihar, the 41st-largest of 124 villages in Jandaha block. Literacy is 61%, 6 points above the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 844505, served by Jhandaha post office; the LGD village code is 235369. The sarpanch is RAKHI DEVI, and the village votes in Tarari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vishal Prashant. The population is estimated at 2,907 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bahsi Saidpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahsi Damodar · this village | 2,466 | 61% | — |
| Bahsi Saidpur · Jandaha | 3,246 | 58% | — |
| Bilandpur Dhudhua · Jandaha | 2,191 | 57% | — |
| Kadirpur Urf Jagdishpur · Jandaha | 2,148 | 72% | — |
| Makundpur Gopinath · Jandaha | 1,501 | 48% | — |
| Tal Salha · Jandaha | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bahsi Damodar
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- HAJIPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 28
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 16
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bahshi Saidpur
- Total area (ha)
- 177
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 42.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bahsi Damodar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bahsi Damodar
- LGD code
- 235369
- Pincode
- 844505
- Post office
- Jhandaha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,466
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,907
- Households
- 494
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 922
- Literacy rate
- 60.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arrah
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tarari
- Member of Parliament
- Sudama Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vishal Prashant
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- RAKHI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Jandaha
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 844505
- Mansinghpur BijhrauliJandaha mandal11,455 pop
- ArniaJandaha mandal10,379 pop
- Dih Buchauli Urf BazidpurJandaha mandal9,741 pop
- MahisanrhJandaha mandal9,640 pop
- LomaJandaha mandal8,124 pop
- Hazrat JandahaJandaha mandal7,818 pop
- Chand SaraeJandaha mandal7,018 pop
- Sonarthi Urf Mustafapur Sonar.Jandaha mandal5,994 pop
- MahpuraJandaha mandal5,656 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Bahsi Damodar
Other villages in Jandaha mandal
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- Arnia
- Dih Buchauli Urf Bazidpur
- Mahisanrh
- Loma
- Hazrat Jandaha
- Chand Sarae
- Sonarthi Urf Mustafapur Sonar.
- Mahpura
- Mukundpur Bhath
- Pirapur
- Rasulpur Purkhotim
- Bhorha Urf Rasulpur Ghaus
- Dulwar
- Nari Khurd
- Bishunpur Silothar
- Bhathahi
- Bishunpatti
- Narharpur Urf Bishunpur Sarae
- Dhudhua Urf Bishunpur Ragho
- Bishunpur Bedaulia
- Jagdishpur Urf Makundpur
- Murtazapur Makund
- Rohua Urf Balgobindpur
- Hirpur
- Khopi
- Khizirpur Jasparha
- Harparsad Bishunpur Khem
- Adalpur Urf Adilnagar
- Kajri Buzurg
- Rampur Chak Lala
- Bahsi Saidpur
- Mahiuddinpur Garahi
- Gangapur Luchhmi Urf Narikalan
- Chak Mahiuddin
- Said Mohammadpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)