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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baraj is a village in Nagod mandal, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, with a population of 545 across 105 households. The village has a literacy rate of 71.2%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Genda Bai Verma
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- LGD code
- 463641
- Pincode
- 485446
- Post office
- Nagod
- Population
- 545
- Households
- 105
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 892 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 214
- Distance to district centre
- 9 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 352 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 561 km
- Nearest railway station
- Satna Junction · 26 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC Nagod · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baraj compares
By population, Baraj ranks #114 of 262 villages in Nagod mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
+11.5% vs mandal average
- Baraj
- 71.2%
- Nagod mandal
- 59.7%
- Satna district
- 61.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
892
−30 vs mandal average
- Baraj
- 892
- Nagod mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Baraj
- 5.2
- Nagod mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baraj at a glance
Baraj is a village of 545 people in 105 households (Census 2011) in Nagod tehsil, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 114th-largest of 262 villages in Nagod tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 12 points above the tehsil average of 60% and the sex ratio is 892 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Satna district centre, 8 km from Hadha, the nearest town, 26 km from Satna Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 485446, served by Nagod post office; the LGD village code is 463641. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Nagod, 2 km away. The sarpanch is Genda Bai Verma, and the village votes in Nagod assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nagendra Singh. The population is estimated at 643 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baraj
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- 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
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NAGOD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 2
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 2
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 196.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 87.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Baraj
- LGD code
- 463641
- Pincode
- 485446
- Post office
- Nagod
- Population (Census 2011)
- 545
- Population (projected 2026)
- 643
- Households
- 105
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 892
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Coordinates
- 24.56406°N, 80.56997°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Satna
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Nagod
- Member of Parliament
- Ganesh Singh
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nagendra Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Genda Bai Verma
- Block / Mandal
- Nagod
Getting there
How to reach Baraj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal352 kmcapital
- Delhi561 km
- Kolkata824 km
- Hyderabad827 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSatna Junction26 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC Nagod2 km
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)