Bara is a village in Kawakol mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 1,144 across 191 households. It has a literacy rate of 44.1% and postal code 805106.
By population, Bara ranks #33 of 48 villages in Kawakol mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 1,144 people in 191 households (Census 2011) in Kawakol block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 33rd-largest of 48 villages in Kawakol block. Literacy is 44%, 6 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 929 women per 1,000 men. It lies 240 km from the Nawada district centre, 0 km from Bara, the nearest town, 2 km from Barakalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 805106, served by Kawakol post office; the LGD village code is 257755. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The sarpanch is Pramod Kumar Chaudhary, and the village votes in Jamui assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shreyasi Singh. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 483% 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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