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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TETRI DEVI
Contact: 95****5638
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- LGD code
- 243400
- Pincode
- 811106
- Post office
- Surajgaraha
- Population
- 987
- Households
- 189
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 866 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 251
Census 2011 · in context
How Bar compares
By population, Bar ranks #82 of 184 villages in Surajgarha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
+19.6% vs mandal average
- Bar
- 71.2%
- Surajgarha mandal
- 51.6%
- Lakhisarai district
- 50.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
866
−17 vs mandal average
- Bar
- 866
- Surajgarha mandal
- 883
Household size
people per home
5.2
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Bar
- 5.2
- Surajgarha mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bar at a glance
Bar is a village of 987 people in 189 households (Census 2011) in Surajgarha block, Lakhisarai district, Bihar, the 82nd-largest of 184 villages in Surajgarha block. Literacy is 71%, 20 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 866 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 811106, served by Surajgaraha post office; the LGD village code is 243400. The sarpanch is TETRI DEVI, and the village votes in Beldaur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Panna Lal Singh Patel. The population is estimated at 1,164 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Budhauli Bankar →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bar · this village | 987 | 71% | — |
| Budhauli Bankar · Surajgarha | 4,304 | 29% | — |
| Kaira · Surajgarha | 2,098 | 46% | — |
| Lai · Surajgarha | 1,450 | 76% | — |
| Champanagar · Surajgarha | 1,199 | 47% | — |
| Arazi Majhiawan · Surajgarha | 995 | 32% | — |
| Majhiawan · Surajgarha | 793 | 46% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bar
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 5
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- LAKHISARAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 5
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Mohamadpur, Alinagar
- Total area (ha)
- 147
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 4.08
- Forest area (ha)
- 6.37
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bar
- LGD code
- 243400
- Pincode
- 811106
- Post office
- Surajgaraha
- Population (Census 2011)
- 987
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,164
- Households
- 189
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 866
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Beldaur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Panna Lal Singh Patel
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TETRI DEVI
- Block / Mandal
- Surajgarha
Same pincode
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- JakarpuraSurajgarha mandal7,451 pop
- KawadpurSurajgarha mandal7,434 pop
- AlinagarSurajgarha mandal7,291 pop
- ChandanpurSurajgarha mandal6,776 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)