Bara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Bara is a small village in Saraiyahat mandal, Dumka district, Jharkhand, with a population of 136 in 26 households. The literacy rate is 27.9%. Located at coordinates 24.057°N, 87.282°E under PIN code 814145, it is one of the smallest settlements in the mandal.
By population, Bara ranks #249 of 352 villages in Saraiyahat mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 136 people in 26 households (Census 2011) in Saraiyahat block, Dumka district, Jharkhand, the 249th-largest of 352 villages in Saraiyahat block. Literacy is 28%, 21 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 1,125 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Dumka district centre, 20 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 21 km from Kurwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 814145, served by Nonihat post office; the LGD village code is 369435. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Titadih, 12 km away. The sarpanch is MAHALAL TUDU, and the village votes in Jarmundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Devendra Kunwar. The population is estimated at 160 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chandubathan →
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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