Baraigachh is a village in Phansidewa mandal, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, with a population of 427 across 79 households. The village has a literacy rate of 41.7% and postal code 734014.
By population, Baraigachh ranks #89 of 113 villages in Phansidewa mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baraigachh is a village of 427 people in 79 households (Census 2011) in Phansidewa block, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, the 89th-largest of 113 villages in Phansidewa block. Literacy is 42%, 14 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 1,073 women per 1,000 men. It lies 17 km from the Darjeeling district centre, 18 km from Sannyasikata, the nearest town, 5 km from Bagdogra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 734014, served by Bagdogra post office; the LGD village code is 306731. The nearest hospital or health centre is Navjeevan Hospital and Rural Health Care Centre, 4 km away. The sarpanch is JAGANNATH ROY, and the village votes in Phansidewa assembly constituency, represented by Durga Murmu. The population is estimated at 478 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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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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