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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barma is a village in Gurua mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 2,482 across 395 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.2% and is located at coordinates 25.212°N, 87.354°E, with PIN code 804405.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
shivkanti devi
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- LGD code
- 255711
- Pincode
- 804405
- Post office
- Dharaut
- Population
- 2,482
- Households
- 395
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Sex ratio
- 889 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,002
- Distance to district centre
- 146 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 172 km
- Distance to Patna
- 227 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 311 km
- Nearest railway station
- Lakshmipur Bhorang · 9 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Meharma Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barma compares
By population, Barma ranks #11 of 182 villages in Gurua mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.2%
+1.1% vs mandal average
- Barma
- 53.2%
- Gurua mandal
- 52.1%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
889
−51 vs mandal average
- Barma
- 889
- Gurua mandal
- 940
Household size
people per home
6.3
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Barma
- 6.3
- Gurua mandal
- 6.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barma at a glance
Barma is a village of 2,482 people in 395 households (Census 2011) in Gurua block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 11th-largest of 182 villages in Gurua block. Literacy is 53%, 1 points above the block average of 52% and the sex ratio is 889 women per 1,000 men. It lies 146 km from the Gaya district centre, 11 km from Sundarpur, the nearest town, 9 km from Lakshmipur Bhorang railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804405, served by Dharaut post office; the LGD village code is 255711. The nearest hospital or health centre is Meharma Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is shivkanti devi, and the village votes in Mohiuddinnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 2,926 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 3
- Power hours (winter)
- 4
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 49
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barma
- Total area (ha)
- 147
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 81.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barma
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barma
- LGD code
- 255711
- Pincode
- 804405
- Post office
- Dharaut
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,482
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,926
- Households
- 395
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 889
- Literacy rate
- 53.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.21223°N, 87.35374°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Ujiarpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mohiuddinnagar
- Member of Parliament
- Nityanand Rai
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- shivkanti devi
- Block / Mandal
- Gurua
Getting there
How to reach Barma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna227 kmcapital
- Kolkata311 km
- Delhi1074 km
- Hyderabad1265 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationLakshmipur Bhorang9 km
- Hospital / PHCMeharma Hospital2 km
- ATM / banksbi28 km
- CollegeBCE Bhagalpur32 km
- Police stationBabarganj Police Station38 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)