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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Baragan is a village in Mayureswar - I mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 332 across 91 households. The village has a literacy rate of 75.9%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
MALATI MURMU
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- LGD code
- 316570
- Pincode
- 731216
- Post office
- Mallarpur
- Population
- 332
- Households
- 91
- Literacy rate
- 75.9%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 115
- Distance to district centre
- 10 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 172 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 1166 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gadadharpur · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Kundala · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Baragan compares
By population, Baragan ranks #97 of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.9%
+13.9% vs mandal average
- Baragan
- 75.9%
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 62.0%
- Birbhum district
- 61.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+27 vs mandal average
- Baragan
- 988
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.6 vs mandal average
- Baragan
- 3.6
- Mayureswar - I mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Baragan at a glance
Baragan is a village of 332 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Mayureswar - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 97th-largest of 113 villages in Mayureswar - I block. Literacy is 76%, 14 points above the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. It lies 10 km from the Birbhum district centre, 4 km from Mayureswar, the nearest town, 4 km from Gadadharpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731216, served by Mallarpur post office; the LGD village code is 316570. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Kundala, 5 km away. The sarpanch is MALATI MURMU, and the village votes in Mayureswar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dudh Kumar Mondal. The population is estimated at 371 in 2026, up 12% since the 2011 Census.
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Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baragan · this village | 332 | 76% | — |
| Sonj · Mayureswar - I | 2,875 | 60% | 1.3 km NE |
| Jot Rajchandra · Mayureswar - I | 263 | 43% | 1.7 km E |
| Dharani Nabagram · Mayureswar - I | 456 | 63% | 1.8 km SE |
| Paschim Ramcandrapur · Mayureswar - I | 712 | 74% | 1.9 km NW |
| Tekedda · Mayureswar - I | 749 | 72% | 2.3 km NW |
| Asuralay · Mayureswar - I | 158 | 40% | 2.5 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Baragan
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 101.14
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 78.51
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Baragan
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Baragan
- LGD code
- 316570
- Pincode
- 731216
- Post office
- Mallarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 332
- Population (projected 2026)
- 371
- Households
- 91
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 75.9%
- Coordinates
- 24.00948°N, 87.72986°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mayureswar
- Member of Parliament
- Asit Kumar Mal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dudh Kumar Mondal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- MALATI MURMU
- Block / Mandal
- Mayureswar - I
Getting there
How to reach Baragan
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kolkata172 kmcapital
- Delhi1166 km
- Hyderabad1210 km
- Chennai1446 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGadadharpur4 km
- Bus stopLabpur New Bus Stand23 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Kundala5 km
- ATM / bankAllahabad Bank23 km
- Petrol pumpTibriwala Petrol Pump24 km
- CollegeRaja Birendra Chandra College32 km
- Police stationGuskara Police station59 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 731216
- MallarpurMayureswar - I mandal6,471 pop
- BaraturigramMayureswar - I mandal5,968 pop
- SanakpurMayureswar - I mandal5,050 pop
- SekhpurMayureswar - I mandal4,638 pop
- HazipurMayureswar - I mandal4,345 pop
- RangtaraMayureswar - I mandal4,120 pop
- BirchandrapurMayureswar - I mandal3,808 pop
- LachhiatorMayureswar - I mandal3,267 pop
- DabukMayureswar - I mandal3,096 pop
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- 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)