Bara is a village in Karon mandal, Deoghar district, Jharkhand with a population of 2,767 distributed across 533 households. The village has a literacy rate of 34.3% and PIN code 815351, located at 24.057°N, 87.282°E.
By population, Bara ranks #3 of 151 villages in Karon mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 2,767 people in 533 households (Census 2011) in Karon block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 3rd-largest of 151 villages in Karon block. Literacy is 34%, 14 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 960 women per 1,000 men. It lies 45 km from the Deoghar district centre, 20 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 21 km from Kurwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 815351, served by Jamtara post office; the LGD village code is 354793. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Titadih, 12 km away. The sarpanch is MINTU SHEKH, and the village votes in Poreyahat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pradeep Yadav. The population is estimated at 3,262 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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