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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sukhdas Kol
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- LGD code
- 501255
- Pincode
- 484110
- Post office
- Burhar
- Population
- 636
- Households
- 163
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Sex ratio
- 910 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 362
- Distance to district centre
- 83 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 96 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 407 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 705 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singhpur · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Govt. Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baun compares
By population, Baun ranks #79 of 120 villages in Sohagpur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
46.2%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Baun
- 46.2%
- Sohagpur mandal
- 49.6%
- Shahdol district
- 56.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
910
−67 vs mandal average
- Baun
- 910
- Sohagpur mandal
- 977
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Baun
- 3.9
- Sohagpur mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baun at a glance
Baun is a village of 636 people in 163 households (Census 2011) in Sohagpur tehsil, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh, the 79th-largest of 120 villages in Sohagpur tehsil. Literacy is 46%, 3 points below the tehsil average of 50% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 83 km from the Shahdol district centre, 17 km from Singhpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 484110, served by Burhar post office; the LGD village code is 501255. The nearest hospital or health centre is Govt. Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is Sukhdas Kol, and the village votes in Barwara assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dhirendra Bahadur Singh (Dhiru). The population is estimated at 750 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baun
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SHAHDOL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 37
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 451.25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 57.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 67.75
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baun
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baun
- LGD code
- 501255
- Pincode
- 484110
- Post office
- Burhar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 636
- Population (projected 2026)
- 750
- Households
- 163
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 910
- Literacy rate
- 46.2%
- Coordinates
- 23.10610°N, 81.39055°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Shahdol
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barwara
- Member of Parliament
- Himadri Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dhirendra Bahadur Singh (Dhiru)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sukhdas Kol
- Block / Mandal
- Sohagpur
Getting there
How to reach Baun
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal407 kmcapital
- Hyderabad705 km
- Kolkata717 km
- Delhi742 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSinghpur17 km
- Hospital / PHCGovt. Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India20 km
- Petrol pumpKhairaha Petrol Pump10 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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