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Baraka is a village in Baraut mandal, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 4,864 across 826 households. The village has a literacy rate of 60.3% and is located at coordinates 27.875°N, 77.468°E with PIN code 250611.
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- LGD code
- 119317
- Pincode
- 250611
- Post office
- Gandhi Chowk Baraut
- Population
- 4,864
- Households
- 826
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Sex ratio
- 856 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,891
- Distance to district centre
- 116 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 105 km
- Distance to Lucknow
- 362 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 86 km
- Nearest railway station
- Hodal · 8 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Kishan Singh Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baraka compares
By population, Baraka ranks #44 of 150 villages in Baraut mandal.
Literacy rate
%
60.3%
−0.2% vs mandal average
- Baraka
- 60.3%
- Baraut mandal
- 60.5%
- Baghpat district
- 61.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
856
+6 vs mandal average
- Baraka
- 856
- Baraut mandal
- 850
Household size
people per home
5.9
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Baraka
- 5.9
- Baraut mandal
- 6.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baraka at a glance
Baraka is a village of 4,864 people in 826 households (Census 2011) in Baraut tehsil, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, the 44th-largest of 150 villages in Baraut tehsil. Literacy is 60%, about the same as the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. It lies 116 km from the Baghpat district centre, 7 km from Shernagar, the nearest town, 8 km from Hodal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 250611, served by Gandhi Chowk Baraut post office; the LGD village code is 119317. The nearest hospital or health centre is Kishan Singh Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Kithore assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shahid Manzoor. The population is estimated at 901 in 2026, down 81% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baraka
- 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)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BARAUT
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 16
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARAKA
- Total area (ha)
- 344.09
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 285.66
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baraka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baraka
- LGD code
- 119317
- Pincode
- 250611
- Post office
- Gandhi Chowk Baraut
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,864
- Population (projected 2026)
- 901
- Households
- 826
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 856
- Literacy rate
- 60.3%
- Coordinates
- 27.87539°N, 77.46790°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Meerut
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kithore
- Member of Parliament
- Arun Govil
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shahid Manzoor
- Block / Mandal
- Baraut
Getting there
How to reach Baraka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Lucknow362 kmcapital
- Delhi86 km
- Mumbai1084 km
- Hyderabad1171 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationHodal8 km
- Hospital / PHCKishan Singh Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankPunjab National Bank20 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil7 km
- CollegeMVN University20 km
- Police stationDhatir police station43 km
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- HilwariBaraut mandal8,227 pop
- Sadikpur SinoliBaraut mandal8,148 pop
- VazidpurBaraut mandal7,967 pop
- Shahpur BaroliBaraut mandal7,377 pop
- MalakpurBaraut mandal7,022 pop
- DhikanaBaraut mandal5,759 pop
- Sadatpur JonmanaBaraut mandal5,727 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-08
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-20
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)