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About Barche Village

Barche is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 165 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barche Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barche village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 148 hectares
Population 318
Male Population 165
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barche compares

By the 2011 count Barche is the 87th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 148 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Barche

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

Barche lies about 12 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 28 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 Barche
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 12 km
Nearest town Kānker 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 27 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 28 km

Villages closest to Barche

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barche village had a population of 318. That makes it the 87th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Barche village has 165 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barche has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Barche is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barche covers 148 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barche falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barche is Keoti, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Barche.

Barche is about 12 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barche is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 12 km away. Kānker is about 16 km away. Antagarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nilegondi (11 km), Bheisgaon (11 km) and Marmakonadi (11 km).

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

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