Bara
Bodhgaya block · Gaya
district, Bihar · PIN 824234
· village code 256564
Population 2011
2,558
Census of India
Population 2020
2,630
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+2.8%
72 people · 0.3% a year
Households
410
+6.2% vs 386 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,558
Male / female
1,349 / 1,209
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
896
Children aged 0–6
463
Literacy rate
53.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
904 / 111
Working population
804
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
58.5%
Households
386
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 1 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
262
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
52
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
255
Non-farm households
145
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
125 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
125 / 125 / 11
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bara panchayat, Bodhgaya 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
₹37.14 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
—
Spent
₹34.10 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.04 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹20.07 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹20.01 lakh · left ₹6,794
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹17.07 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹14.09 lakh · left ₹2.97 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
24.6306, 84.9550 —
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