About Bara Village

Bara is one of the larger villages in Pirpainti tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,322, made up of 3,352 males and 2,970 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares.

Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Pirpainti
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	6,322
Male Population	3,352
Female Population	2,970
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara compares

By the 2011 count Bara is the 10th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Bara

Bara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bara from other places

Bara lies about 40 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 8.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bara
Nearest railway station	Lakshmipur Bhorang	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pirpainti	13 km
Nearest town	Colgong	15 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	40 km

Villages closest to Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pirpainti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Bara

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara village had a population of 6,322. That makes it the 10th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents.

Bara village has 3,352 males and 2,970 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Bara covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bara falls under Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bara is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 8.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bara.

Bara is about 40 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara is in Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 8.3 km away. Pirpainti is about 13 km away. Colgong is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.