About Bara Village

Bara is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,535, made up of 796 males and 739 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 309 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	309 hectares
Population	1,535
Male Population	796
Female Population	739
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within 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 8th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 309 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Bara

Bara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bara as Available within 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 11 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Jhinkpani, about 15 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
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jhinkpani	15 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	27 km

Villages closest to Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goilkera 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 1,535. That makes it the 8th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Bara village has 796 males and 739 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Bara is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara covers 309 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 Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara is Jhinkpani, about 15 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 10+ km distance for Bara.

Bara is about 11 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 11 km away. Jhinkpani is about 15 km away. Chāībāsa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.