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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
Reported by ANI News.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
KAILI ORAON
Contact: 93****5764
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- LGD code
- 363197
- Pincode
- 835302
- Post office
- Lohardaga
- Population
- 1,478
- Households
- 304
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1050 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 876
Census 2011 · in context
How Baragain compares
By population, Baragain ranks #16 of 45 villages in Bhandra mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.5%
+3.0% vs mandal average
- Baragain
- 55.5%
- Bhandra mandal
- 52.5%
- Lohardaga district
- 56.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,050
+57 vs mandal average
- Baragain
- 1,050
- Bhandra mandal
- 993
Household size
people per home
4.9
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Baragain
- 4.9
- Bhandra mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baragain at a glance
Baragain is a village of 1,478 people in 304 households (Census 2011) in Bhandra block, Lohardaga district, Jharkhand, the 16th-largest of 45 villages in Bhandra block. Literacy is 56%, 3 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 1,050 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835302, served by Lohardaga post office; the LGD village code is 363197. The sarpanch is KAILI ORAON, and the village votes in Bokaro assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shwettaa Singh. The population is estimated at 1,743 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baragain →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baragain · this village | 1,478 | 56% | — |
| Jharotoli · Bhandra | 1,235 | 60% | — |
| Khawaskhijri · Bhandra | 1,205 | 53% | — |
| Kundo · Bhandra | 839 | 56% | — |
| Kanjo · Bhandra | 798 | 68% | — |
| Bamandiha · Bhandra | 758 | 55% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baragain
- 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
- 2
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- LOHARDAGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 21
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 21
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARAGAIN
- Total area (ha)
- 299.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baragain
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baragain
- LGD code
- 363197
- Pincode
- 835302
- Post office
- Lohardaga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,478
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,743
- Households
- 304
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1050
- Literacy rate
- 55.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhanbad
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Bokaro
- Member of Parliament
- Dulu Mahato
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shwettaa Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- KAILI ORAON
- Block / Mandal
- Bhandra
- Nearest PHC
- Jeevan Jyoti Nursing Home (8.5 km)
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View all 44+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
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