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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Beena Devi
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- LGD code
- 40864
- Pincode
- 246443
- Post office
- Joshimath
- Population
- 792
- Households
- 195
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1010 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 464
Census 2011 · in context
How Bara Gaon compares
By population, Bara Gaon ranks #8 of 99 villages in Joshimath mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.5%
+1.3% vs mandal average
- Bara Gaon
- 75.5%
- Joshimath mandal
- 74.2%
- Chamoli district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,010
+169 vs mandal average
- Bara Gaon
- 1,010
- Joshimath mandal
- 841
Household size
people per home
4.1
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Bara Gaon
- 4.1
- Joshimath mandal
- 3.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bara Gaon at a glance
Bara Gaon is a village of 792 people in 195 households (Census 2011) in Joshimath tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 8th-largest of 99 villages in Joshimath tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 1 points above the tehsil average of 74% and the sex ratio is 1,010 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 246443, served by Joshimath post office; the LGD village code is 40864. The sarpanch is Beena Devi , and the village votes in Badrinath assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajendra Singh Bhandari. The population is estimated at 934 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bara Gaon · this village | 792 | 76% | — |
| Payya Chormi · Joshimath | 134 | 70% | — |
| Inara · Joshimath | 0 | — | — |
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Key facts — Bara Gaon
- LGD code
- 40864
- Pincode
- 246443
- Post office
- Joshimath
- Population (Census 2011)
- 792
- Population (projected 2026)
- 934
- Households
- 195
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1010
- Literacy rate
- 75.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Badrinath
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajendra Singh Bhandari
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Beena Devi
- Block / Mandal
- Joshimath
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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
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