Barah observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Barah
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Bikram mandal is Shiv Mandir. No temple of this dedication is on record within Barah itself.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 September | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
Barah is a village in Bikram mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 7,364 spread across 1,104 households. The village has a literacy rate of 62.3% and is located at coordinates 25.388°N, 85.491°E with PIN code 801104.
By population, Barah ranks #3 of 67 villages in Bikram mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barah is a village of 7,364 people in 1,104 households (Census 2011) in Bikram block, Patna district, Bihar, the 3rd-largest of 67 villages in Bikram block. Literacy is 62%, 3 points above the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 880 women per 1,000 men. It lies 48 km from the Patna district centre, 0 km from Barah, the nearest town, 5 km from Harnaut railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 801104, served by Bikram post office; the LGD village code is 245589. The nearest hospital or health centre is Barah Primary Hospital, <1 km away. The village votes in Raja Pakar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Mahendra Ram. The population is estimated at 8,682 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Brah →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
3 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
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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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