From a Railway Platform to Her Own E-Bike: Jharkhand girl Puja’s Journey to Independence
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Baraiburu observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
Baraiburu is a village in Noamundi mandal, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, with a population of 945 across 224 households. The village has a literacy rate of 42.5%, rail access, and is located at coordinates 22.164°N, 85.368°E, with PIN code 833217.
By population, Baraiburu ranks #27 of 63 villages in Noamundi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baraiburu is a village of 945 people in 224 households (Census 2011) in Noamundi block, West Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, the 27th-largest of 63 villages in Noamundi block. Literacy is 43%, 4 points above the block average of 39% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. It lies 115 km from the West Singhbhum district centre, 4 km from Bara Jamda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 833217, served by Noamundi post office; the LGD village code is 377854. The nearest hospital or health centre is Yog Physiotherapy, 6 km away. The sarpanch is Mangal Singh Gilua, and the village votes in Torpa assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sudeep Gudhiya. The population is estimated at 1,114 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kiriburu (East) →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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