# Bar Village, Sherghati, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Sherghati, Gaya 

# Bar

Bar is a village in Sherghati sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,868 people in 783 households**, the 3rd largest of 82 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%.

- 4,868people (2011)
- 783households
- 69.6%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Bar PIN code and other codes

Bar falls in Sherghati sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBar
- Community development blockSherghati
- Census village code256324

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bar from nearby towns?

- Sherghati (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)45 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)5 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bar?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Sherghati
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)2 h summer · 2 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bar known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 35% of the 226 hectares of village land is sown, and 77 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bar

Of every 100 households in Bar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bar · ■ Sherghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****72%**

**42%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bar?

■ Bar · ■ Sherghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**59.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**997

Working population ****30.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 62.8% for women. 46% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 497 (34%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 579 (39%) · **■** Marginal 275 (19%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sherghati

- Chetab Kalan5,803 people
- Gopalpur5,791 people
- Chilam4,311 people
- Cherki3,541 people
- Barawan3,194 people
- Kachauri3,128 people

[All 86 villages in Sherghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/sherghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bar from Gaya?45 km by road
- What is the population of Bar?4,868 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bar in?Gaya district (Sherghati sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bar?69.6% (Census 2011)