Baghwa | |
Other Name: | Tiger Village |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | India Bihar#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bihar, India |
Coordinates: | 25.47°N 86.28°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Bihar |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Mithila |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Saharsa |
Founder: | MANMOD BABA |
Named For: | IAS/IPS OFFICER |
Government Type: | BIHAR GOVT. |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 41 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Maithili |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 852106 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06478 |
Registration Plate: | BR |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | 1000 females per 1000 males ♂/♀ ♂/♀ |
Baghwa is a village situated in the south west corner of Saharsa district in the north Indian state of Bihar. It is a small village by population, but its area is not that small. This village is also known as IAS/IPS officer village. It is surrounded by two water channels, being Sathrath (which merges into the Ganges) and Balwa dhar (koshi) which part it from Khagaria.
Baghwa is part of Simri Bakhtiyarpur Block and khagaria constituency. Some of the neighbouring places include Mahishi (5 km north), bangaon, Chainpur, khajuri (2 km east) and Balwa Haat (3 km east). Baghwa is divided into three sections (sub blocks) namely Baghwa Gaon, Majhwa and Gopalpur.
Baghwa and its surrounding areas are part of the Kosi river basin.