# Baraun Village, Kawakol, Nawada (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kawakol, Nawada 

# Baraun

Baraun is a village in Kawakol sub-district of Nawada district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,742 people in 483 households**, the 19th largest of 46 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.1%.

- 2,742people (2011)
- 483households
- 56.0%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Baraun PIN code and other codes

Baraun falls in Kawakol sub-district, Nawada district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatDarawa
- Community development blockKawakol
- Census village code257744

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

## How far is Baraun from nearby towns?

- Kawakol (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Nawada (district HQ)34 km by road
- Nawada (nearest town)34 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 Baraun?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Baraun; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 2 govt · 1 private
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Nawada
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Nawada
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

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 Baraun known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 12% of the 679 hectares of village land is sown, and 53 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Baraun

Of every 100 households in Baraun in 2011, 0 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baraun · ■ Kawakol rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**44%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**95%

Use banking services ****24%**

**33%

Television ****2%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Baraun?

■ Baraun · ■ Kawakol rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**47.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****799**

**928

Working population ****41.0%**

**35.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 45.6% for women. 48% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 85 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (2%) · **■** Household industry 30 (3%) · **■** Other work 78 (7%) · **■** Marginal 907 (81%)

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 Kawakol

- Pali3,359 people
- Mahurar3,192 people
- Bhanwarkol3,127 people
- Mahapur2,909 people
- Pachamma2,605 people
- Mahuliyatanr2,587 people
- Okhariya2,228 people
- Bukar2,009 people

[All 48 villages in Kawakol](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/nawada/kawakol/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baraun from Nawada?34 km by road
- What is the population of Baraun?2,742 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baraun in?Nawada district (Kawakol sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Baraun?56.0% (Census 2011)