Barara is a city municipality and sub-district tehsil and development block in the Ambala district of the Indian state of Haryana.

Tajendar Singh Chouhan is in the Limca Book of Records for making the world's tallest Ravana effigy.

The world's tallest effigy of Ravan is burnt at Barara every year on the day of Dushehra.

Barara is connected by train and bus to Ambala, Jagadhri, Saharanpur, Ludhiana and Delhi.

Private transport is connected to all nearby states, such as Delhi, UP, Uttrakhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.