About Bara Village

Bara is a small village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 93 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 742 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	103 hectares
Population	162
Male Population	93
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	742
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 129th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

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 88 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 6.6 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	Kajrat Nawadih	6.6 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	20 km
District headquarters	Chatra	88 km

Villages closest to Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pratappur 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 162. That makes it the 129th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Bara village has 93 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara has about 742 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Bara is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bara falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara is Kajrat Nawadih, about 6.6 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 88 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Kajrat Nawadih is about 6.6 km away. Nabīnagar is about 8.4 km away. Pratappur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.