| Bara, Punjab | |
| Native Name: | ਬਾੜਾ, ਪੰਜਾਬ |
| Native Name Lang: | pa |
| Settlement Type: | An Archeological Site of Village Bara |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 30.9167°N 76.5208°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Rupnagar |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 19th Century (2000 BCE) |
| Government Type: | Sarpanch - Village Panchayat |
| Governing Body: | Village Panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Rank: | 175 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.94 |
| Elevation M: | 277 |
| Population Total: | 512 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 140108 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone Code |
| Area Code: | +91-1881 |
| Registration Plate: | PB 12 & PB 71 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Nearest Cities |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | Rupnagar, Chamkaur Sahib, Morinda |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha Constituency |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Anandpur Sahib (Sl. Number : 49) |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha Constituency |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Chamkaur Sahib (Sl. Number : 51) |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | Civic Agency |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Village Panchayat |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Extreme hot in summers Extreme cold in winters (Köppen) |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Census Village Number Codes |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Village Code : 038691 Panchayat Code : 100 |
Bara is a village in Rupnagar District in Punjab, India. The village has mainly two Jatt Sikh surnames Chakkal and Heer and lies on the Rupnagar-Morinda Road at the left bank of a seasonal monsoon rivulet called Budki Nadi, about four kilometers south-west of the city Ropar and 40km (30miles) northeast of Chandigarh on National Highway 205 (India) (NH-205). Bara is the site of significant archeological excavations connected with the Indus Valley civilization. It has some evidence of being home to a culture (sometimes called Baran Culture) that was a pre-Harappan strand of the Indus Valley Civilization. Baran and Harappan cultures may have intertwined and coexisted in some places, such as Kotla Nihang Khan, also in modern-day Punjab.