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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
Anu Mahalik
Contact: 94****4872
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- LGD code
- 405245
- Pincode
- 759129
- Post office
- Bantala
- Population
- 2,310
- Households
- 549
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 934
Census 2011 · in context
How Baragounia compares
By population, Baragounia ranks #5 of 45 villages in Bantala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.8%
−1.3% vs mandal average
- Baragounia
- 65.8%
- Bantala mandal
- 67.1%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−14 vs mandal average
- Baragounia
- 956
- Bantala mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Baragounia
- 4.2
- Bantala mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baragounia at a glance
Baragounia is a village of 2,310 people in 549 households (Census 2011) in Bantala block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 5th-largest of 45 villages in Bantala block. Literacy is 66%, 1 points below the block average of 67% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759129, served by Bantala post office; the LGD village code is 405245. The sarpanch is Anu Mahalik, and the village votes in Sanakhemundi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Jena. The population is estimated at 2,723 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baragaunia →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baragounia · this village | 2,310 | 66% | — |
| Badahinso · Bantala | 1,044 | 70% | — |
| Bandanpasi · Bantala | 922 | 75% | — |
| Kaleipada · Bantala | 574 | 57% | — |
| Magurakhala · Anugul | 198 | 60% | — |
| Sanahinso · Bantala | 121 | 50% | — |
| Ramachandrapur · Bantala | 0 | — | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baragounia
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- 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
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 18
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 18
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 18
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Baragounia
- Total area (ha)
- 679
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baragounia
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baragounia
- LGD code
- 405245
- Pincode
- 759129
- Post office
- Bantala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,310
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,723
- Households
- 549
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 65.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanakhemundi
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Jena
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Anu Mahalik
- Block / Mandal
- Bantala
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759129
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Baragounia
Other villages in Bantala mandal
View all 44+ →- Pokatunga
- Talagarh
- Sankhapur
- Basala
- Gadatarasa
- Tumuni
- Nuakheta
- Balanga
- Dalabeherasahi
- Badadandasahi
- Brahmapur
- Badahinso
- Badakantakul
- Maranda
- Jamugadia
- Bandanpasi
- Chandanpur
- Lokeipasi
- Gaudasahi
- Lachhabandha
- Manapur
- Saharagoda
- Kaleipada
- Talaberena
- Talapada
- Panjiasahi
- Champatimunda
- Bramhanasahi
- Khindagobindapur
- Banamira
- Kanhei Nagar
- Sorisapal
- Bherubania
- Raigoda
- Nukhuripada
- Gohirapasi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)