Bara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Bara
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By population, Bara ranks #63 of 102 villages in Amas mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 567 people in 96 households (Census 2011) in Amas block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 63rd-largest of 102 villages in Amas block. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 903 women per 1,000 men. It lies 211 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Bara, the nearest town, 2 km from Barakalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824219, served by Amas post office; the LGD village code is 255839. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The sarpanch is RAJKUMAR GAHLAUT, and the village votes in Bakhri assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 1076% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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