Bara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Bara
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Bara is a village in Dhanarua mandal, Patna district, Bihar. It has a population of 1,790 across 304 households with a literacy rate of 56.4%. The village is located at coordinates 25.512°N, 83.855°E.
By population, Bara ranks #42 of 122 villages in Dhanarua mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara is a village of 1,790 people in 304 households (Census 2011) in Dhanarua block, Patna district, Bihar, the 42nd-largest of 122 villages in Dhanarua block. Literacy is 56%, 7 points above the block average of 50% and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. It lies 206 km from the Patna district centre, 0 km from Bara, the nearest town, 2 km from Barakalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804451, served by Hazrat Sain post office; the LGD village code is 246026. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Buxar, 11 km away. The village votes in Matihani assembly constituency, represented by MLA Narendra Kumar Singh Alias Bogo Singh. The population is estimated at 6,670 in 2026, up 273% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Dewan →
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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