About Barana Village

Barana is a small village in Chanderi tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 239 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 570.59 hectares hectares.

Barana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Chanderi
Area (hectares)	570.59 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	239
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Barana compares

By the 2011 count Barana is the 102nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 570.59 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Barana

Barana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barana from other places

Barana lies about 53 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Jakhalaun, about 8.8 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 Barana
Nearest railway station	Jakhalaun	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanderi	21 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	53 km

Villages closest to Barana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barana village had a population of 459. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Barana village has 239 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barana has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Barana covers 570.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barana falls under Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barana is Jakhalaun, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barana.

Barana is about 53 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barana is in Chanderi tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Jakhalaun is about 8.8 km away. Chanderi is about 21 km away. Ashoknagar is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.