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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Barakura is a village in Jaypur mandal, Bankura district, West Bengal, with a population of 281 across 61 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.1% and uses PIN code 722138.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
TARUN BHUNIA
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- LGD code
- 328077
- Pincode
- 722138
- Post office
- Joypur
- Population
- 281
- Households
- 61
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Sex ratio
- 1051 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 99
- Distance to district centre
- 35 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 13 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 101 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 1123 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maynapur · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Gopinathpur Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barakura compares
By population, Barakura ranks #128 of 139 villages in Jaypur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.1%
+3.9% vs mandal average
- Barakura
- 70.1%
- Jaypur mandal
- 66.2%
- Bankura district
- 62.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,051
+93 vs mandal average
- Barakura
- 1,051
- Jaypur mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Barakura
- 4.6
- Jaypur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barakura at a glance
Barakura is a village of 281 people in 61 households (Census 2011) in Jaypur block, Bankura district, West Bengal, the 128th-largest of 139 villages in Jaypur block. Literacy is 70%, 4 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 1,051 women per 1,000 men. It lies 35 km from the Bankura district centre, 42 km from Aguri Band Punisol, the nearest town, 6 km from Maynapur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 722138, served by Joypur post office; the LGD village code is 328077. The nearest hospital or health centre is Gopinathpur Hospital, 9 km away. The sarpanch is TARUN BHUNIA, and the village votes in Katulpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar. The population is estimated at 314 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barakura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 19
- 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
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 48.91
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18
- Forest area (ha)
- 4.34
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barakura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barakura
- LGD code
- 328077
- Pincode
- 722138
- Post office
- Joypur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 281
- Population (projected 2026)
- 314
- Households
- 61
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1051
- Literacy rate
- 70.1%
- Coordinates
- 22.95360°N, 87.46853°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bishnupur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Katulpur
- Member of Parliament
- Saumitra Khan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Lakshmi Kanta Majumdar
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- TARUN BHUNIA
- Block / Mandal
- Jaypur
Getting there
How to reach Barakura
Nearest town · 22,193 people
Aguri Band Punisol · ≈ 42 km
≈ 1 h 27 min by car · 1 h 44 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata101 kmcapital
- Hyderabad1123 km
- Delhi1204 km
- Chennai1335 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaynapur6 km
- Bus stopRadhanagar Bus Stop19 km
- Hospital / PHCGopinathpur Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India16 km
- Petrol pumpGarhbeta Indian Oil Petrol Pump17 km
- CollegeGarhbeta College17 km
- Police stationGarhbeta Police Station15 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Barakura
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Shyamchand TempleTemple2.3 km ↗
Same pincode
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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, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)