# Barai Village, Islampur, Nalanda (Bihar) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Islampur, Nalanda 

# Barai

Barai is a village in Islampur sub-district of Nalanda district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,927 people in 440 households**, the 22nd largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 2,927people (2011)
- 440households
- 83.2%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Barai PIN code and other codes

Barai falls in Islampur sub-district, Nalanda district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBiswak
- Community development blockIslampur
- Census village code244934

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

## How far is Barai from nearby towns?

- Islampur (sub-district HQ)5 km by road
- Biharsharif (district HQ)43 km by road
- Islampur (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 Barai?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Barai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 4 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Islampur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Islampur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hilsa
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 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 Barai known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 84% of the 277 hectares of village land is sown, and 231 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 Barai

Of every 100 households in Barai in 2011, 2 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barai · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**79%

Tap water ****15%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**94%

Use banking services ****66%**

**46%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**29%

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 Barai?

■ Barai · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.2%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**918

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**921

Working population ****38.6%**

**39.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 75.6% for women. 48% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 493 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 152 (13%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 99 (9%) · **■** Marginal 379 (34%)

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 Islampur

- Baralgawan3,576 people
- Sharifa3,295 people
- Dhobidiha2,973 people
- Kobil2,945 people
- Biswak2,918 people
- Kapasia2,904 people
- Herthu2,857 people
- Paithana2,707 people

[All 91 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nalanda/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barai from Biharsharif?43 km by road
- What is the population of Barai?2,927 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barai in?Nalanda district (Islampur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Barai?83.2% (Census 2011)