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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
GYAN PRAKASH SINGH
Contact: 70****3591
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- LGD code
- 213606
- Pincode
- 231215
- Post office
- Rajpur (Sonbhadra)
- Population
- 1,479
- Households
- 241
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Sex ratio
- 923 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 547
Census 2011 · in context
How Barak compares
By population, Barak ranks #75 of 689 villages in Robertsganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
58.8%
+5.1% vs mandal average
- Barak
- 58.8%
- Robertsganj mandal
- 53.7%
- Sonbhadra district
- 52.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
923
−8 vs mandal average
- Barak
- 923
- Robertsganj mandal
- 931
Household size
people per home
6.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Barak
- 6.1
- Robertsganj mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barak at a glance
Barak is a village of 1,479 people in 241 households (Census 2011) in Robertsganj tehsil, Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh, the 75th-largest of 689 villages in Robertsganj tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 5 points above the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 923 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 231215, served by Rajpur (Sonbhadra) post office; the LGD village code is 213606. The sarpanch is GYAN PRAKASH SINGH, and the village votes in Salon assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ashok Kumar. The population is estimated at 1,744 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barak
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SONBHADRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- VARANK
- Total area (ha)
- 155.99
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 151.12
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barak
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barak
- LGD code
- 213606
- Pincode
- 231215
- Post office
- Rajpur (Sonbhadra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,479
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,744
- Households
- 241
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 923
- Literacy rate
- 58.8%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amethi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Salon
- Member of Parliament
- Kishori Lal Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ashok Kumar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- GYAN PRAKASH SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Robertsganj
- Nearest PHC
- Raj Ganga Nursing Home (63.5 km)
- Nearest post office
- Pratapgarh Head Post Office (63.9 km)
- Nearest bank
- Punjab National Bank (71.0 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Pariawan Kalakankar Road (30.1 km)
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View all 60+ →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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-17
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)