Baray observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Rajasthan.
Baray is a village in Bakani mandal, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, comprising 3,076 people across 684 households. The village has a literacy rate of 39% and is located at 24.229°N, 76.221°E.
By population, Baray ranks #3 of 174 villages in Bakani mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baray is a village of 3,076 people in 684 households (Census 2011) in Bakani tehsil, Jhalawar district, Rajasthan, the 3rd-largest of 174 villages in Bakani tehsil. Literacy is 39%, 8 points below the tehsil average of 47% and the sex ratio is 955 women per 1,000 men. It lies 21 km from the Jhalawar district centre, 31 km from Sunel, the nearest town, 34 km from Jhalarapatan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 326022, served by Bakani post office; the LGD village code is 104352. The nearest hospital or health centre is Primary Hospital, 5 km away. The village votes in Jhalrapatan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vasundhara Raje. The population is estimated at 3,627 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Baray →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baray · this village | 3,076 | 39% | — |
| Neu Kheri · Bakani | 450 | 47% | 1.5 km NE |
| Moya Kheri · Bakani | 544 | 36% | 2.4 km NE |
| Nanor · Bakani | 2,143 | 51% | 3.1 km N |
| Barkhera Khurd · Bakani | 935 | 39% | 3.4 km E |
| Barkhera Kalan · Bakani | 431 | 36% | 4.4 km E |
| Kotra Radi · Bakani | 683 | 39% | 4.6 km E |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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