Bara
Ara block · Bhojpur
district, Bihar · PIN 802312
· village code 246811
Population 2011
1,019
Census of India
Population 2020
1,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.0%
81 people · 0.9% a year
Households
220
+60.6% vs 137 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,019
Male / female
529 / 490
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
926
Children aged 0–6
170
Literacy rate
64.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
358 / 0
Working population
516
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
94.2%
Households
137
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
160
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
32
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
162
Non-farm households
55
Share of households farming, 2020
75%
Net sown area
56 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
47 / 56 / 7
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Ganghar panchayat, Ara 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
₹19.90 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.97 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹29.71 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.15 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹8.12 lakh · received ₹6.76 lakh · spent ₹12.20 lakh · left ₹2.68 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹11.78 lakh · received ₹10.21 lakh · spent ₹17.51 lakh · left ₹4.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.5495, 84.6567 —
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