Bara is a village in Belhar mandal, Banka district, Bihar with 3,999 residents in 767 households and a literacy rate of 37.2%. The village is located at 25.512°N, 83.855°E and uses PIN code 813202.
By population, Bara ranks #7 of 172 villages in Belhar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 3,999 people in 767 households (Census 2011) in Belhar block, Banka district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 172 villages in Belhar block. Literacy is 37%, 12 points below the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 938 women per 1,000 men. It lies 253 km from the Banka district centre, 0 km from Bara, the nearest town, 2 km from Barakalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813202, served by Belhar post office; the LGD village code is 241605. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The sarpanch is BALRAM KUMAR YADAV, and the village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 67% since the 2011 Census.
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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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