Baragaon has been identified with the village of Vaḍagavā-grāma, in the pattalā of Vāvana, mentioned in an 11th-century royal grant inscription found at nearby Chandravati.

This inscription is dated to November 1090 and records the village being granted by Chandradeva, the ruling monarch from the Gahadavala dynasty, to someone named Varuṇeśvara-śarman.

Shri Baldeo Post Graduate College is preferred by most students of the area for higher studies.

Sharda Canal passes through the heart of the town, which provides ample water for the agricultural land.

Major means of income for the people of town is from the weaving of Intricate Banarasi Sari on Silk, Carpet manufacturing.