About Bara Village

Bara is a small village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 132 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	49.81 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	132
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara compares

By the 2011 count Bara is the 238th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 49.81 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 988.

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 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 14 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barapalasi, 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	Barapalasi	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	13 km
District headquarters	Dumka	14 km

Villages closest to Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jarmundi 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 248. That makes it the 238th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Bara village has 132 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Bara is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara covers 49.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara is Barapalasi, 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 10+ km distance for Bara.

Bara is about 14 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Barapalasi is about under 2 km away. Jarmundi is about 13 km away. Dumka is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.