In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1343 (1343 Barasta, 1345 Barachcha) as a royal donation to the family of the knight Ratold.

The vast majority of the municipality's population consists of the local Romani community.

[4] This is a Hungarian-speaking community, with 95% reporting this language as their mother tongue in the 2021 census.

[5] The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici). ]

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