| Bara | |
| Settlement Type: | Census Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India3 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | West Bengal |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
| Coordinates: | 22.9152°N 88.7722°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | North 24 Parganas |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.736 |
| Elevation M: | 10 |
| Population Total: | 5,172 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bengali, English |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 743289 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 03216 |
| Registration Plate: | WB |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Bangaon |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Bangaon Dakshin |
Bara is a census town in the Gaighata CD block in the Bangaon subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Bangaon subdivision has 6 police stations including 1 women PS, 3 Community development blocks, 3 panchayat samitis, 38 gram panchayats, 363 mouzas, 355 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 7 census towns. The municipality is at Bangaon. The census towns are: Chandpara, Chhekati, Sonatikiri, Dhakuria, Chikanpara, Shimulpur and Bara. The subdivision has its headquarters at Bangaon.[1]
Bara is located at 22.9152°N 88.7862°W.
The area shown in the map was a part of Jessore district from 1883.[2] [3] At the time of Partition of Bengal (1947) the Radcliffe Line placed the police station areas of Bangaon and Gaighata of Jessore district in India and the area was made a part of 24 Parganas district.[4] The renowned novelist, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (of Pather Panchali fame) belonged to this area and many of his writings portray his experience in the area.[5] It is a flat plain located in the lower Ganges Delta.[6] In the densely populated area, 16.33% of the population lives in the urban areas and 83.67% lives in the rural areas.[7] [8]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bara had a total population of 5,172, of which 2,643 (51%) were males and 2,529 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 446. The total number of literate persons in Bara was 4,087 (86.48% of the population over 6 years).[9]
According to the District Census Handbook, North Twenty Four Parganas, 2011, Bara covered an area of 1.736 km2. It had 4 km roads. The protected water-supply involved hand pumps. It had 3,654 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 TB hospital, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities, it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school and 1 higher secondary school. The nearest college was 5 km away at Thakurnagar.[10]