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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barui is a village in Ramgarh Chowk mandal, Lakhisarai district, Bihar, located at 25.510°N, 87.989°E. The village has a population of 892 in 125 households with a literacy rate of 37.8%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
NAVAL THAKUR
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- LGD code
- 243739
- Pincode
- 811311
- Post office
- Lakhisarai
- Population
- 892
- Households
- 125
- Literacy rate
- 37.8%
- Sex ratio
- 978 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 146
- Distance to district centre
- 190 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 218 km
- Distance to Patna
- 286 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 329 km
- Nearest railway station
- Kachna · 14 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barui compares
By population, Barui ranks #29 of 32 villages in Ramgarh Chowk mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.8%
−13.5% vs mandal average
- Barui
- 37.8%
- Ramgarh Chowk mandal
- 51.3%
- Lakhisarai district
- 50.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
978
+46 vs mandal average
- Barui
- 978
- Ramgarh Chowk mandal
- 932
Household size
people per home
7.1
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Barui
- 7.1
- Ramgarh Chowk mandal
- 6.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barui at a glance
Barui is a village of 892 people in 125 households (Census 2011) in Ramgarh Chowk block, Lakhisarai district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 32 villages in Ramgarh Chowk block. Literacy is 38%, 14 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 978 women per 1,000 men. It lies 190 km from the Lakhisarai district centre, 13 km from Singia, the nearest town, 14 km from Kachna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 811311, served by Lakhisarai post office; the LGD village code is 243739. The nearest hospital or health centre is State Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun, 11 km away. The sarpanch is NAVAL THAKUR, and the village votes in Mokama assembly constituency, represented by MLA Anant Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 1,830 in 2026, up 105% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barui
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LAKHISARAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 14
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 14
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 6
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Nandnama
- Total area (ha)
- 82.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 59.4
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barui
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barui
- LGD code
- 243739
- Pincode
- 811311
- Post office
- Lakhisarai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 892
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,830
- Households
- 125
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 978
- Literacy rate
- 37.8%
- Coordinates
- 25.50958°N, 87.98904°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Munger
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mokama
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Anant Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- NAVAL THAKUR
- Block / Mandal
- Ramgarh Chowk
- Nearest railway station
- Mor (214.5 km)
Getting there
How to reach Barui
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna286 kmcapital
- Kolkata329 km
- Delhi1121 km
- Hyderabad1334 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKachna14 km
- Bus stopRupahar Bus Stand16 km
- Hospital / PHCState Ayurvedic Dispensary, Shurun11 km
- ATM / banksbi20 km
- Petrol pumpReliance36 km
- CollegeTarangapur Teachers Training College(D.EL.ED)34 km
- Police stationPolice station43 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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