About Bara Village

Bara is a small village in Banke Bazar tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 139, made up of 80 males and 59 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 738 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27 hectares hectares.

Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Banke Bazar
Area (hectares)	27 hectares
Population	139
Male Population	80
Female Population	59
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	738
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara compares

By the 2011 count Bara is the 91st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,361 residents. Its 27 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Bara

Bara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 22 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about under 2 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	Guraru	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rafiganj	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banke Bazar	22 km
District headquarters	Gaya	22 km

Villages closest to Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banke Bazar 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 139. That makes it the 91st largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,361 residents.

Bara village has 80 males and 59 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara has about 738 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Bara covers 27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara falls under Banke Bazar tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bara is Guraru, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bara.

Bara is about 22 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara is in Banke Bazar tehsil of Gaya district. Guraru is about under 2 km away. Rafiganj is about 16 km away. Banke Bazar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.