Lakhisarai district was a part of British period Munger district as sub-division and was carved out as an independent district on 3^rd July 1994. The unit of JNV in this district was established in the year 2006. It is said that the demand of establishing a unit of JNV in the district continued for a decade after coming into existence of Lakhisarai as district. At last in the early quarter of 2004, the then Union Cabinet Minister for Human Resource Development Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Jee had given the administrative approval for establishment of JNV in the district of Lakhisarai when he had visited Barahiya, the historical and religious place. But the real shape of JNV, Barahiya, Lakhisarai actually came into existence in the year 2006 when it started functioning in a small sized temporary campus provided by the state government in the campus of century old + 2 high school situated at Lohiya Chowk, the prime location of Barahiya Nagar Panchayat, just 300 meters away from the Barahiya Railway station on Howrah Delhi main railway line.

The vidyalaya functioned at the temporary site for long 11 years. But in between these long years a beautiful campus was developed. The present campus is located at a distance of 1.5 Kms south of NH80 and 3 Kms south west of Barahiya railways station. The total land area about 25 acres was provided free of cost by the local landlords and the large chunk of land was provided by an NGO Kumree Devi Trust, Barahiya. The vidyalaya was shifted to its permanent site in October-2017. The vidyalaya campus is connected with metalled road from NH80 and is situated in the taal area. The taal area is called the dalhan hub(pluses hub) of Bihar.

There is mixed landscape in this district viz. hilly area , flood hit area and plain area. The climatic condition is somewhat of extreme in nature i.e. quite hot in summer and fairly cold in winter. The main occupation of this area is cultivation and agriculture. The main agricultural products are black gram, lentils, wheat, mustard seeds, paddy, peanuts, green vegetables, milk and dairy products.

The area is also famous for its religious places like Mata Bala Tripurai Sundari Devi Bhagwati Mandir popularly known as Maharani Asthan, Barahiya, Shringi Rishi Asthan, Jalappa Asthan, Ashokdham Shiv Mandir.