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Barwa Barauli

village in Bihar, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ16838332 ↗
Source-derived summary

Barwa Barauli is Gram panchayat which comes under Narkatiaganj block of West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Governance

It comes under Sikta Assembly constituency of Narkatiaganj Block. This panchayat includes Rupwaliya, Rampur, Ammaghaud, Khajuriya, Barwa Barauli, Pokhariya, and Mangrahari villages, having 15 wards.

Neighbouring Panchayats include Bheriharwa, Baitapur, Gokula, and Belwania.

Panchayat Representatives

Mukhiya - Shaukat Ali

Sarpanch - Rijwan Alam

Jila parishad member - Shafiuddin Urf Teni Bhai

Education

The local schools are:

Uchch Madhyamik Vidyalay, Barwa Barauli

Maulana Azad Public School Barwa Barauli

Ideal Mission School Rupwaliya Bazar

Health care

A Primary Health Centre is sited at Rupwaliya Bazar.

Transport

Gokhula Railway Station is the local. It is on the line between Narkatiaganj Junction railway station and Raxaul Junction railway station.

Demographics

As of the 2011 census of India, Barwa Barauli had a population of 5,008 in 795 households. Males constitute 53.1% and females 46.8% of the population. Barwa Barauli has an average literacy rate of 51%, lower than the national average of 74%: male literacy is 64%, and female literacy is 36%.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Barwa Barauli” is village in Bihar, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Barwa, Barauli and village, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Barwa, Barauli and village is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Bihar, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16838332. Authority coordinates are 27.108, 84.464. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Barwa Barauli”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Barwa Barauli primary sources, Barwa Barauli archive and Barwa research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Barwa Barauli”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Barwa Barauli” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.