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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
DILIP KISKU
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- LGD code
- 316330
- Pincode
- 731233
- Post office
- Chandipur Tarapith
- Population
- 637
- Households
- 138
- Literacy rate
- 49.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1048 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 252
Census 2011 · in context
How Baragaon compares
By population, Baragaon ranks #78 of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.5%
−14.1% vs mandal average
- Baragaon
- 49.5%
- Rampurhat - I mandal
- 63.6%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,048
+85 vs mandal average
- Baragaon
- 1,048
- Rampurhat - I mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
4.6
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Baragaon
- 4.6
- Rampurhat - I mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baragaon at a glance
Baragaon is a village of 637 people in 138 households (Census 2011) in Rampurhat - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 78th-largest of 119 villages in Rampurhat - I block. Literacy is 50%, 14 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,048 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 731233, served by Chandipur Tarapith post office; the LGD village code is 316330. The sarpanch is DILIP KISKU, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 751 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baragaon
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- 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
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 177.89
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30.83
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baragaon
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Key facts — Baragaon
- LGD code
- 316330
- Pincode
- 731233
- Post office
- Chandipur Tarapith
- Population (Census 2011)
- 637
- Population (projected 2026)
- 751
- Households
- 138
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1048
- Literacy rate
- 49.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- DILIP KISKU
- Block / Mandal
- Rampurhat - I
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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
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-16
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