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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barej is a village in Mohania mandal, Kaimur (Bhabua) district, Bihar, comprising 517 households with a total population of 3,246. It has a literacy rate of 67.2%.
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- LGD code
- 249479
- Pincode
- 821109
- Post office
- Mohania
- Population
- 3,246
- Households
- 517
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Sex ratio
- 866 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,176
- Distance to district centre
- 167 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 150 km
- Distance to Patna
- 158 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 559 km
- Nearest railway station
- Muthani · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub Divisional Hospital, Mohania · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barej compares
By population, Barej ranks #14 of 208 villages in Mohania mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.2%
+7.8% vs mandal average
- Barej
- 67.2%
- Mohania mandal
- 59.4%
- Kaimur (Bhabua) district
- 56.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
866
−47 vs mandal average
- Barej
- 866
- Mohania mandal
- 913
Household size
people per home
6.3
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Barej
- 6.3
- Mohania mandal
- 6.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barej at a glance
Barej is a village of 3,246 people in 517 households (Census 2011) in Mohania block, Kaimur (Bhabua) district, Bihar, the 14th-largest of 208 villages in Mohania block. Literacy is 67%, 8 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. It lies 167 km from the Kaimur (Bhabua) district centre, 3 km from Mohania, the nearest town, 2 km from Muthani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821109, served by Mohania post office; the LGD village code is 249479. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub Divisional Hospital, Mohania, 3 km away. The village votes in Phulwari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shyam Rajak. The population is estimated at 3,827 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barej
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- 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
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHABUA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Belaudi
- Total area (ha)
- 299
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 160
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barej
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Key facts — Barej
- LGD code
- 249479
- Pincode
- 821109
- Post office
- Mohania
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,246
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,827
- Households
- 517
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 866
- Literacy rate
- 67.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.15162°N, 83.64293°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Pataliputra
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Phulwari
- Member of Parliament
- Misa Bharti
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shyam Rajak
- Block / Mandal
- Mohania
- Nearest railway station
- Pothahi (148.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Barej
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna158 kmcapital
- Kolkata559 km
- Delhi745 km
- Hyderabad1015 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMuthani2 km
- Bus stopKudra Bus Stand19 km
- Hospital / PHCSub Divisional Hospital, Mohania3 km
- ATM / bankState Bank ATM29 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil (Bihar Oil Agency)3 km
- CollegeShahid smarak Government Degree college53 km
- Police stationKudra Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Barej
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Hanuman mandirTemple3.0 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
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