# Baragaon Village, Shahganj, Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Shahganj, Jaunpur 

# Baragaon

Baragaon is a village in Shahganj sub-district of Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **8,294 people in 1,220 households**, the 6th largest of 518 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 8,294people (2011)
- 1,220households
- 71.5%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baragaon

Of every 100 households in Baragaon in 2011, 28 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Baragaon · ■ Shahganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**82%

Tap water ****11%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**94%

Use banking services ****41%**

**80%

Television ****21%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**73%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**17%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Baragaon?

■ Baragaon · ■ Shahganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**999

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****907**

**920

Working population ****25.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 63.6% for women. 43% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 397 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 202 (10%) · **■** Household industry 31 (1%) · **■** Other work 950 (45%) · **■** Marginal 542 (26%)

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 Shahganj

- Pilkichha11,522 people
- Sabarahad10,457 people
- Gairwah8,892 people
- Argoopur Kalan8,560 people
- Suetha Kalan7,126 people
- Lapari6,424 people
- Takha Mariyam6,319 people
- Bhadi5,794 people

[All 543 villages in Shahganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jaunpur/shahganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baragaon?8,294 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baragaon in?Jaunpur district (Shahganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baragaon?71.5% (Census 2011)