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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Shekhar Gupta
Contact: 96****4658
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- LGD code
- 223116
- Pincode
- 854203
- Post office
- Barhara Kothi
- Population
- 645
- Households
- 151
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Sex ratio
- 853 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 208
Census 2011 · in context
How Barhara Kothi compares
By population, Barhara Kothi ranks #39 of 63 villages in Barhara mandal.
Literacy rate
%
50.9%
+6.7% vs mandal average
- Barhara Kothi
- 50.9%
- Barhara mandal
- 44.2%
- Purnia district
- 40.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
853
−59 vs mandal average
- Barhara Kothi
- 853
- Barhara mandal
- 912
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Barhara Kothi
- 4.3
- Barhara mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barhara Kothi at a glance
Barhara Kothi is a village of 645 people in 151 households (Census 2011) in Barhara block, Purnia district, Bihar, the 39th-largest of 63 villages in Barhara block. Literacy is 51%, 7 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 853 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 854203, served by Barhara Kothi post office; the LGD village code is 223116. The sarpanch is Shekhar Gupta, and the village votes in Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 760 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Basudeopur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barhara Kothi · this village | 645 | 51% | — |
| Basdeopur · Barhara | 5,570 | 58% | — |
| Harrahi · Barhara | 4,138 | 54% | — |
| Harrahi Milik · Barhara | 528 | 55% | — |
| Bairbana · Barhara | 152 | 16% | — |
| Barhari Ranjit · Barhara | — | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barhara Kothi
- 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)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BANMANKHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 46
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Basdeopur
- Total area (ha)
- 38
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barhara Kothi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barhara Kothi
- LGD code
- 223116
- Pincode
- 854203
- Post office
- Barhara Kothi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 645
- Population (projected 2026)
- 760
- Households
- 151
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 853
- Literacy rate
- 50.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khagaria
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Simri Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Rajesh Verma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Shekhar Gupta
- Block / Mandal
- Barhara
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 854203
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Barhara Kothi
Other villages in Barhara mandal
View all 60+ →- Sukhsena
- Urlaha
- Patraha
- Barhari
- Nipania
- Aurahi
- Dibraghani
- Bela Paemu Milik
- Maldiha
- Bhatsara
- Laukahi
- Kamalpur
- Matihani
- Thari
- Bithaili Dhanpat
- Bhatotar
- Bidanarean
- Basdeopur
- Maikhand Milik
- Bisaharia Got
- Nathpur
- Deori
- Harrahi
- Bhanga Tola
- Chahbacha
- Mulkia
- Sahsaul
- Hanuman Nagar Chakla
- Barhari
- Gauripur
- Latraha
- Laukahi Chakla
- Rustampur
- Magur Jan Milik
- Magur Jan
- Sukhsena Milik
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)