Baragaon is a town and a

nagar panchayat A nagar panchayat (town panchayat; ) or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,000 ...

Jhansi district Jhansi district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city of Jhansi is the district headquarters. The district is bordered on the north by Jalaun District, to the east by Hamirpur and Mahoba districts, to the ...

in the state of

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Geography

Baragaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 210 metres (692

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Demographics

India

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, Baragaon had a population of 8,039. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Baragaon has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 65% of the males and 35% of females literate. 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. The newly elected Chairman of Baragaon is Mr Dayaram Kushwaha son of Shri Jagannath kushwaha purv Pradhan since 1 December 2017. He succeed Mr Kalka Prasad Kushwaha.

References

Cities and towns in Jhansi district {{Jhansi-geo-stub