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About Barvi Village

Barvi is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 574, made up of 273 males and 301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barvi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barvi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 294.76 hectares
Population 574
Male Population 273
Female Population 301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barvi compares

By the 2011 count Barvi is the 58th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 294.76 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Barvi

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

Barvi lies about 1.6 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 14 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 Barvi
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 1.6 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 16 km
Nearest town Kānker 29 km

Villages closest to Barvi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barvi village had a population of 574. That makes it the 58th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Barvi village has 273 males and 301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barvi has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Barvi is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barvi covers 294.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barvi falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barvi is Keoti, about 14 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 Barvi.

Barvi is about 1.6 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.

Barvi is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 1.6 km away. Keoti is about 14 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barbaspur (under 2 km), Telamma (under 2 km) and Chargaon (1.9 km).

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

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