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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baruna is a village in Paliganj mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with a population of 1,017 across 175 households. It has a literacy rate of 49.2%.
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- LGD code
- 245717
- Pincode
- 801110
- Post office
- Paliganj
- Population
- 1,017
- Households
- 175
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 698
- Distance to district centre
- 185 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 141 km
- Distance to Patna
- 107 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 548 km
- Nearest railway station
- Baruna · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Majhwari · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baruna compares
By population, Baruna ranks #87 of 118 villages in Paliganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.2%
−1.7% vs mandal average
Baruna49.2%
Paliganj mandal50.9%
Patna district59.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−34 vs mandal average
Baruna912
Paliganj mandal946
Household size
people per home
5.8
−0.6 vs mandal average
Baruna5.8
Paliganj mandal6.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baruna at a glance
Baruna is a village of 1,017 people in 175 households (Census 2011) in Paliganj block, Patna district, Bihar, the 87th-largest of 118 villages in Paliganj block. Literacy is 49%, 2 points below the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. It lies 185 km from the Patna district centre, 11 km from Itarhi, the nearest town, under 1 km from Baruna railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 801110, served by Paliganj post office; the LGD village code is 245717. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Majhwari, 6 km away. The village votes in Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arun Kumar S/O Satrughan Sao. The population is estimated at 828 in 2026, down 19% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baruna
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JEHANABAD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 13
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 85
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 15
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Chikasi
- Total area (ha)
- 73.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 50.73
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Baruna
- LGD code
- 245717
- Pincode
- 801110
- Post office
- Paliganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,017
- Population (projected 2026)
- 828
- Households
- 175
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.56423°N, 84.06859°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patna Sahib
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bakhtiarpur
- Member of Parliament
- Ravi Shankar Prasad
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arun Kumar S/O Satrughan Sao
- Block / Mandal
- Paliganj
Getting there
How to reach Baruna
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna107 kmcapital
- Kolkata548 km
- Delhi759 km
- Hyderabad1077 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBaruna<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Majhwari6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India18 km
- Petrol pumpHp petrol pump32 km
- CollegeShaurya technical college32 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 801110
- MilkiPaliganj mandal12,581 pop
- Nirakpur PaliPaliganj mandal11,798 pop
- ChandhausPaliganj mandal10,989 pop
- JarkhaPaliganj mandal8,875 pop
- MohbalipurPaliganj mandal6,863 pop
- MakhmilpurPaliganj mandal6,392 pop
- BherhariaPaliganj mandal5,419 pop
- SikariaPaliganj mandal4,768 pop
- Lalganj SehraPaliganj mandal4,552 pop
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Other villages in Paliganj mandal
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- Nirakpur Pali
- Chandhaus
- Jarkha
- Mohbalipur
- Makhmilpur
- Bherharia
- Sikaria
- Lalganj Sehra
- Dharahra
- Rampur Nagwan
- Kurkuri
- Akbarpur
- Korra
- Pipardaha
- Jamharu
- Dahia
- Akhtiarpur Pali
- Khapura
- Kalyanpur
- Bali Pakar
- Murka
- Belaunra
- Mungila
- Harpur Ankuri
- Bela
- Dhokahra
- Karauti
- Patringa
- Sarsi
- Mera
- Mathurapur Khusdihra
- Masaurha
- Madhwa
- Pearpura
- Nadhari
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)