Barhara is a village in Belhar mandal, Banka district, Bihar with 1,240 inhabitants across 268 households and a literacy rate of 58.7%, the highest among listed villages. It is positioned at 26.056°N, 86.040°E and uses PIN code 813202.
By population, Barhara ranks #49 of 172 villages in Belhar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barhara is a village of 1,240 people in 268 households (Census 2011) in Belhar block, Banka district, Bihar, the 49th-largest of 172 villages in Belhar block. Literacy is 59%, 9 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 879 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Banka district centre, 7 km from Rarhi, the nearest town, 14 km from Thalwara railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 813202, served by Belhar post office; the LGD village code is 241551. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Shivram, 9 km away. The sarpanch is PREMLATA SINGH, and the village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 1,462 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dhouri →
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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