# Barigaon Village, Goreswar, Baksa (Assam) – PIN Code

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Village · Goreswar, Baksa 

# Barigaon

Barigaon is a village in Goreswar sub-district of Baksa district, Assam. The 2011 Census counted **1,318 people in 262 households**, the 49th largest of 93 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.0%.

- 1,318people (2011)
- 262households
- 62.2%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Barigaon PIN code and other codes

Barigaon falls in Goreswar sub-district, Baksa district, Assam.

- Gram panchayatGoreswar
- Community development blockGoreswar
- Census village code304342

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Barigaon from nearby towns?

- Barama (sub-district HQ)80 km by road
- Mushalpur (district HQ)80 km by road
- Rangia (nearest town)32 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Barigaon?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Barigaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jalah
- ○Degree college10+ km
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)99 h summer · 99 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Barigaon known for?

About 60% of the 310 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Barigaon

Of every 100 households in Barigaon in 2011, 1 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Barigaon · ■ Goreswar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**52%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****12%**

**41%

Television ****21%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**12%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Barigaon?

■ Barigaon · ■ Goreswar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**73.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**951

Working population ****56.4%**

**39.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.4% for men and 53.6% for women. 59% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 239 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (12%) · **■** Other work 120 (16%) · **■** Marginal 297 (40%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Goreswar

- Lokra Barnagar1,347 people
- Mukundapur1,345 people
- Kalbari1,342 people
- Cheouni1,336 people
- Barnadipar1,317 people
- Dongpara1,277 people
- Baghdoba1,268 people
- Gopchar1,263 people

[All 93 villages in Goreswar](https://wherepedia.org/india/assam/baksa/goreswar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barigaon from Mushalpur?80 km by road
- What is the population of Barigaon?1,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barigaon in?Baksa district (Goreswar sub-district), Assam
- What is the literacy rate of Barigaon?62.2% (Census 2011)