Bara

Tekari block · Gaya district, Bihar · PIN 824235 · village code 254769

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,136 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 5,990 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

1,136

Male / female

551 / 585

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

1,062

Children aged 0–6

187

Literacy rate

50.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

484 / 0

Working population

495

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

62.6%

Households

176

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school nearest 2 km away

Middle school nearest 2 km away

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 5 km away

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

Farming

Farm households

535

Non-farm households

290

Share of households farming, 2020

65%

Net sown area

56 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

56 / 56 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Dihura panchayat, Tekari 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

₹45.95 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹18.33 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹41.02 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹23.25 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹14.16 lakh · received ₹7.30 lakh · spent ₹14.36 lakh · left ₹7.11 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹31.78 lakh · received ₹11.02 lakh · spent ₹26.66 lakh · left ₹16.15 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

24.9910, 84.8048 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Bansi Bigha compare · Banwan Goshain Math compare · Banwara compare · Bar compare · Bara (CT) compare · Bara Jaipur compare · Bara Khar compare · Bara Khar compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Gaya district · School staffing across Gaya · …and across Bihar