Bara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Bara is a village in Balumath mandal, Latehar district, Jharkhand, with a population of 880 across 144 households. The village has a literacy rate of 46.7% and is located at coordinates 24.057°N, 87.282°E with PIN code 829202.
By population, Bara ranks #37 of 67 villages in Balumath mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 880 people in 144 households (Census 2011) in Balumath block, Latehar district, Jharkhand, the 37th-largest of 67 villages in Balumath block. Literacy is 47%, about the same as the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 153 km from the Latehar district centre, 20 km from Pratappur, the nearest town, 21 km from Kurwa railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 829202, served by Balumath post office; the LGD village code is 367407. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Titadih, 12 km away. The sarpanch is SONAMANI KUMARI. The population is estimated at 1,038 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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