| Bara | |
| Other Name: | Bāra |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Uttar Pradesh |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.0722°N 81.5491°W[1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country India |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Uttar Pradesh |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Raebareli |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.232 |
| Population Total: | 3578 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 229307 |
| Registration Plate: | UP-35 |
Bara is a village in Chhatoh block of Rae Bareli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.[2] It is located 13 km from Salon, the tehsil headquarters. As of 2011, Bara has a population of 3,578 people, in 708 households.[2] It has two primary schools and no healthcare facilities.[2] It is the headquarters of a nyaya panchayat which also includes 9 other villages.
The 1951 census recorded Bara as comprising 15 hamlets, with a total population of 1,576 people (780 male and 796 female), in 344 households and 316 physical houses.[3] The area of the village was given as 1,722 acres.[3] 67 residents were literate, 55 male and 12 female.[3] The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Parshadepur and the thana of Salon.[3] Bara at that point had a primary school with 85 students.[3]
The 1961 census recorded Bara as comprising 13 hamlets, with a total population of 1,649 people (818 male and 831 female), in 348 households and 328 physical houses.[4] The area of the village was given as 1,722 acres and it had a medical practitioner and electrical access at that point.[4]
The 1981 census recorded Bara as having a population of 2,302 people, in 507 households, and having an area of 627.26 hectares.[5] The main staple foods were listed as wheat and rice.[5]
The 1991 census recorded Bara as having a total population of 2,880 people (1,494 male and 1,386 female), in 555 households and 555 physical houses.[6] The area of the village was listed as 700 hectares.[6] Members of the 0-6 age group numbered 576, or 20.0% of the total; this group was 51% male (291) and 49% female (285).[6] Members of scheduled castes made up 30.0% of the village's population, while no members of scheduled tribes were recorded.[6] The literacy rate of the village was 30% (671 men and 206 women).[6] 969 people were classified as main workers (782 men and 187 women), while 14 people were classified as marginal workers (all women); the remaining 1,897 residents were non-workers.[6] The breakdown of main workers by employment category was as follows: 496 cultivators (i.e. people who owned or leased their own land); 390 agricultural labourers (i.e. people who worked someone else's land in return for payment); 0 workers in livestock, forestry, fishing, hunting, plantations, orchards, etc.; 0 in mining and quarrying; 27 household industry workers; 2 workers employed in other manufacturing, processing, service, and repair roles; 0 construction workers; 4 employed in trade and commerce; 0 employed in transport, storage, and communications; and 50 in other services.[6]