Bara
Forbesganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854318
· village code 221604
Population 2011
1,977
Census of India
Population 2020
4,500
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+127.6%
2,523 people · 9.6% a year
Households
545
+23.3% vs 442 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,977
Male / female
1,042 / 935
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
897
Children aged 0–6
355
Literacy rate
47.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
884 / 5
Working population
912
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
95.3%
Households
442
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school nearest 1 km away
No
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
Separately located
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
73%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 100 / 80
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Halhalia panchayat, Forbesganj zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹15.82 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹17.79 lakh
Received directly
₹41,305
Spent
₹26.01 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.01 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.77 lakh · received ₹7.09 lakh · spent ₹9.07 lakh · left ₹7.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹7.05 lakh · received ₹10.70 lakh · spent ₹16.94 lakh · left ₹92,873
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.2883, 87.2789 —
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