About Barga Village

Barga is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,116, made up of 542 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barga village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491338
Area (hectares)	324.73 hectares
Population	1,116
Male Population	542
Female Population	574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barga compares

By the 2011 count Barga is the 22nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 324.73 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Barga

Barga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barga as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barga from other places

Barga lies about 33 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 3.1 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 Barga
Nearest railway station	Bakal	3.1 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	33 km
District headquarters	Durg	33 km

Villages closest to Barga

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

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Common questions about Barga

As per the Census of India 2011, Barga village had a population of 1,116. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Barga village has 542 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barga has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Barga is 491338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barga covers 324.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barga falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barga is Bakal, about 3.1 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 village for Barga.

Barga is about 33 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barga is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Bakal is about 3.1 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 6.6 km away. Thanakhamria is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.