Bara is a village in Narhat mandal, Nawada district, Bihar, with a population of 1,115 across 171 households. The literacy rate is 45.2%, and the village is located at coordinates 25.512°N, 83.855°E with PIN code 805103.
By population, Bara ranks #42 of 65 villages in Narhat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 1,115 people in 171 households (Census 2011) in Narhat block, Nawada district, Bihar, the 42nd-largest of 65 villages in Narhat block. Literacy is 45%, 6 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 966 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 805103, served by Hasua post office; the LGD village code is 258197. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The sarpanch is sona devi, and the village votes in Hasanpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raj Kumar Ray. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 498% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Punthar →
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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