# Barakalan Village, Raghurajnagar, Satna (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Raghurajnagar, Satna 

# Barakalan

Barakalan is a village in Raghurajnagar sub-district of Satna district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,182 people in 293 households**, the 57th largest of 236 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.2%.

- 1,182people (2011)
- 293households
- 68.4%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Barakalan PIN code and other codes

Barakalan falls in Raghurajnagar sub-district, Satna district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockSatna
- Census village code463035

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

## How far is Barakalan from nearby towns?

- Satna (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Satna (district HQ)13 km by road
- Satna (nearest town)13 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 Barakalan?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Satna
- ○Degree college10+ km · Satna
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Satna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 10 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 Barakalan known for?

About 80% of the 648 hectares of village land is sown, and 304 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 Barakalan

Of every 100 households in Barakalan in 2011, 41 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Barakalan · ■ Raghurajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**97%

Use banking services ****41%**

**49%

Television ****19%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Barakalan?

■ Barakalan · ■ Raghurajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**71.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**914

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****886**

**908

Working population ****34.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 61.0% for women. 53% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (24%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 66 (16%) · **■** Marginal 160 (39%)

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 Raghurajnagar

- Majhgawan1,300 people
- Bari Kalan1,261 people
- Itwa1,234 people
- Rampura1,189 people
- Khamharia1,171 people
- Karhi Kothar1,166 people
- Kothar1,133 people
- Kathwariya1,112 people

[All 264 villages in Raghurajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/satna/raghurajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Barakalan from Satna?13 km by road
- What is the population of Barakalan?1,182 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Barakalan in?Satna district (Raghurajnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Barakalan?68.4% (Census 2011)