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About Barbaspur Village

Barbaspur is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,328, made up of 654 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barbaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbaspur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Nawagarh
Pincode 491337
Area (hectares) 302.59 hectares
Population 1,328
Male Population 654
Female Population 674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barbaspur compares

By the 2011 count Barbaspur is the 41st largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 302.59 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Barbaspur

Barbaspur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barbaspur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barbaspur from other places

Barbaspur lies about 80 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 36 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Barbaspur
Tehsil headquarters Nawagarh 6.3 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 36 km
District headquarters Durg 80 km

Villages closest to Barbaspur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nawagarh tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Barbaspur

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbaspur village had a population of 1,328. That makes it the 41st largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Barbaspur village has 654 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbaspur has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Barbaspur is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barbaspur covers 302.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barbaspur falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barbaspur is Hathbandh, about 36 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barbaspur.

Barbaspur is about 80 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barbaspur is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 6.3 km away. Bemetāra is about 16 km away. Hathbandh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tora (under 2 km), Andhiyar Khore (2.1 km) and Andhiyarkhor (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barbaspur today is likely to be higher.

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