# Baragaon Village, Powayan, Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Powayan, Shahjahanpur 

# Baragaon

Baragaon is a village in Powayan sub-district of Shahjahanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **5,900 people in 1,037 households**, the 3rd largest of 671 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.1%.

- 5,900people (2011)
- 1,037households
- 61.3%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Baragaon

Of every 100 households in Baragaon in 2011, 34 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Baragaon · ■ Powayan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**13%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**69%

Tap water ****18%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**68%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**90%

Use banking services ****53%**

**77%

Television ****28%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**14%

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 Baragaon?

■ Baragaon · ■ Powayan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.3%**

**63.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**916

Working population ****26.7%**

**29.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.2% for men and 51.0% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 257 (16%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 347 (22%) · **■** Marginal 807 (51%)

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 Powayan

- Banda20,689 people
- Nahil Khas6,074 people
- Sindhauli5,812 people
- Nabhichi4,564 people
- Dev Kali4,274 people
- Indalpur4,215 people

[All 715 villages in Powayan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/shahjahanpur/powayan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Baragaon?5,900 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baragaon in?Shahjahanpur district (Powayan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baragaon?61.3% (Census 2011)