Bara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Bara is a village in Mohanpur mandal, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, with a population of 259 across 45 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45.2% and is located at coordinates 24.057°N, 87.282°E with postal code 814112.
By population, Bara ranks #233 of 453 villages in Mohanpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 259 people in 45 households (Census 2011) in Mohanpur block, Deoghar district, Jharkhand, the 233rd-largest of 453 villages in Mohanpur block. Literacy is 45%, 3 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 799 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 814112, served by B. MANDIR post office; the LGD village code is 353474. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Titadih, 12 km away. The sarpanch is VISHNU MAHTO, and the village votes in Madhupur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Hafizul Hassan. The population is estimated at 305 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Harkatta →
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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