Baran, Bhalwal
Baran is a village and Halqa Panchayat of the Bhalwal Tehsil in Jammu district of Jammu & Kashmir, which falls under Bhalwal block. It belongs to Jammu parliament constituency and Raipur Domana assembly constituency. Soudagar Singh is the President of Baran Halqa Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address bdobbhalwal@gmail.com and mobile number 97973xxx35. The Panchayat landline number is 0191-262**31. The Secretary is Balbir Singh, who can be reached at email address balbir@gmail.com and mobile number 84920xxx47. The Panchayat address is Bhalwal, Pincode - 181206. You can reach there by taking a bus till Baran bus stop which is around 2 km away.
As on May 2024, the current population of Baran is 5.4 thousands out of which 2.8 thousands are males and rest 2.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 941 females per 1000 males. There are around 662 teenagers in Baran. It has literacy rate of 68% which means around 3.7 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.6 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 650 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1 thousands households in Baran, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 1.4 thousands. The pincode of Baran is 181122 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.
- Bhalwal Sub Post office
- Baran Branch Post office
- Jandial Branch Post office
- Ranjan Branch Post office
- Seri Panditan Branch Post office
Schools
Baran has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Sdm High School Karwanda
- Knit Green Model Academy
- Rmg International School
- Chenab Valley Public School
- Higher Secondary School Bhalwal
Covered villages
Baran Halqa Panchayat manages total 1 villages.
- Baran