Gara observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Gara is a village in Kochas mandal, Rohtas district, Bihar, with a population of 3,280 across 532 households and a literacy rate of 57%. The village is located at 25.251°N, 83.933°E with PIN 821112.
By population, Gara ranks #7 of 191 villages in Kochas mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Gara is a village of 3,280 people in 532 households (Census 2011) in Kochas block, Rohtas district, Bihar, the 7th-largest of 191 villages in Kochas block. Literacy is 57%, 5 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 907 women per 1,000 men. It lies 124 km from the Rohtas district centre, 2 km from Kochas, the nearest town, 26 km from Garhnokha railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 821112, served by Kochas post office; the LGD village code is 250629. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Dumduma, 13 km away. The sarpanch is ANIL KUMAR RAI, and the village votes in Bikram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Siddharth Saurav. The population is estimated at 4,230 in 2026, up 29% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Gara →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gara · this village | 3,280 | 57% | — |
| Kochas · Kochas | 21,597 | 65% | 2.3 km SW |
| Kochas · Kochas | — | — | 2.3 km SW |
| Sugahar · Rajpur | 1,167 | 49% | 5.2 km N |
| Chhitan Dehra · Rajpur | 774 | 77% | 6.4 km N |
| Chhitan Dehra · Rajpur | 352 | 61% | 6.4 km N |
| Chhitan Dehra · Kochas | 468 | 64% | 6.4 km N |
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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