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- LGD code
- 248837
- Pincode
- 802129
- Post office
- Nawanagar (Buxar)
- Population
- 397
- Households
- 76
- Literacy rate
- 30.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1089 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 128
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
बराहरा की तुलना
By population, Barahra ranks #78 of 107 villages in Nawanagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
30.2%
−24.1% vs mandal average
- Barahra
- 30.2%
- Nawanagar mandal
- 54.3%
- Buxar district
- 58.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,089
+138 vs mandal average
- Barahra
- 1,089
- Nawanagar mandal
- 951
Household size
people per home
5.2
−1.3 vs mandal average
- Barahra
- 5.2
- Nawanagar mandal
- 6.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
बराहरा एक नज़र में
बराहरा बिहार के बक्सर जिले के नावानगर ब्लॉक में 397 लोगों 76 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो नावानगर ब्लॉक के 107 गांवों में 78वां सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 30% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 54% से 24 अंक कम है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 1,089 महिलाएं। पिनकोड 802129 है, Nawanagar (Buxar) डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 248837 है। गांव Makhdumpur विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, विधायक Subedar Das हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 468 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
ग्राम पंचायत: Sikraul →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · बराहरा
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DOMRAON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Sikraur
- Total area (ha)
- 54.6
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 52
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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मुख्य तथ्य — बराहरा
- LGD code
- 248837
- Pincode
- 802129
- Post office
- Nawanagar (Buxar)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 397
- Population (projected 2026)
- 468
- Households
- 76
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1089
- Literacy rate
- 30.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jahanabad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Makhdumpur
- Member of Parliament
- Surendra Prasad Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Subedar Das
- Block / Mandal
- Nawanagar
- Nearest railway station
- Niyazipur (4.3 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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