Barah is a village in Bikram mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 7,364 spread across 1,104 households. The village has a literacy rate of 62.3% and is located at coordinates 25.388°N, 85.491°E with PIN code 801104.
By population, Barah ranks #3 of 67 villages in Bikram mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barah is a village of 7,364 people in 1,104 households (Census 2011) in Bikram block, Patna district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 67 villages in Bikram block. Literacy is 62%, 3 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 880 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Patna district centre, 0 km from Barah, the nearest town, 5 km from Harnaut railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 801104, served by Bikram post office; the LGD village code is 245589. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barah Primary Hospital, under 1 km away. The village votes in Raja Pakar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Ram. The population is estimated at 8,682 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Brah →
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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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