Barahi observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Barahi is a village in Saur Bazar mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar with a population of 2,982 residing in 579 households. The literacy rate stands at 36.7%, and the village is situated at coordinates 25.761°N, 83.553°E under PIN code 852221.
By population, Barahi ranks #23 of 57 villages in Saur Bazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barahi is a village of 2,982 people in 579 households (Census 2011) in Saur Bazar block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 23rd-largest of 57 villages in Saur Bazar block. Literacy is 37%, 6 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 883 women per 1,000 men. It lies 284 km from the Saharsa district centre, 26 km from Suhwal, the nearest town, 13 km from Pipri Dih railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852221, served by Sour Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 226464. The nearest hospital or health centre is Vandna Nursing Home, 18 km away. The sarpanch is Gajendra Thakur, and the village votes in Saharsa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Indrajeet Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 3,516 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sahuriya East →
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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