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Krishna Janmashtami
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barah is a village in Punpun mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 1,067 in 216 households. It has a relatively higher literacy rate of 69.7%, located at 25.388°N, 85.491°E.
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- LGD code
- 246126
- Pincode
- 804453
- Population
- 1,067
- Households
- 216
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 523
- Distance to district centre
- 48 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 87 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barah compares
Literacy rate
%
69.7%
+20.3% vs mandal average
- Barah
- 69.7%
- Punpun mandal
- 49.4%
- Patna district
- 59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
−5 vs mandal average
- Barah
- 916
- Punpun mandal
- 921
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Barah
- 4.9
- Punpun mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Key facts — Barah
- LGD code
- 246126
- Pincode
- 804453
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,067
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,258
- Households
- 216
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 69.7%
- Coordinates
- 25.38844°N, 85.49052°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hayaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Prasad
- Block / Mandal
- Punpun
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