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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
RK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
rajesh kumar
Contact: 70****4863
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- LGD code
- 254662
- Pincode
- 824207
- Post office
- Konch (Gaya)
- Population
- 1,334
- Households
- 198
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Sex ratio
- 887 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 456
- Distance to district centre
- 88 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 95 km
- Distance to Patna
- 124 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 485 km
- Nearest railway station
- Madhubani · 7 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Heritage Hospital and S N R L Trauma and Orthopedic Research Centre · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barai compares
By population, Barai ranks #54 of 141 villages in Konch mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.4%
+0.2% vs mandal average
- Barai
- 55.4%
- Konch mandal
- 55.2%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
887
−31 vs mandal average
- Barai
- 887
- Konch mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
6.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Barai
- 6.7
- Konch mandal
- 6.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barai at a glance
Barai is a village of 1,334 people in 198 households (Census 2011) in Konch block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 54th-largest of 141 villages in Konch block. Literacy is 55%, about the same as the block average of 55% and the sex ratio is 887 women per 1,000 men. It lies 88 km from the Gaya district centre, 1 km from Rahika, the nearest town, 7 km from Madhubani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824207, served by Konch (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 254662. The nearest hospital or health centre is Heritage Hospital and S N R L Trauma and Orthopedic Research Centre, 4 km away. The sarpanch is rajesh kumar, and the village votes in Begusarai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kundan Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,573 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barai
- 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)
- 4
- 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
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TIKARI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHOUTHURA
- Total area (ha)
- 152
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barai
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barai
- LGD code
- 254662
- Pincode
- 824207
- Post office
- Konch (Gaya)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,334
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,573
- Households
- 198
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 887
- Literacy rate
- 55.4%
- Coordinates
- 26.37670°N, 86.01766°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Begusarai
- Member of Parliament
- Giriraj Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kundan Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- rajesh kumar
- Block / Mandal
- Konch
Getting there
How to reach Barai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna124 kmcapital
- Kolkata485 km
- Delhi903 km
- Hyderabad1266 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMadhubani7 km
- Bus stopRahika<1 km
- Hospital / PHCHeritage Hospital and S N R L Trauma and Orthopedic Research Centre4 km
- ATM / bankIndia115 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump25 km
- Collegeपूर्णिमा राम प्रताप संस्कृत महाविद्यालय33 km
- Police stationAdarsh Police Station19 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Barai
3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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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, 2026-09-16
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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