Bara is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 1,345 in 159 households. The literacy rate is 44.7%, and the village uses PIN code 805128.
By population, Bara ranks #53 of 174 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 1,345 people in 159 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 53rd-largest of 174 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 45%, 2 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Bara, the nearest town, 2 km from Barakalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805128, served by Tarwan post office; the LGD village code is 256951. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The village votes in Bibhutipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 396% since the 2011 Census.
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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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