About Barra Village

Barra is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 973, made up of 502 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536 hectares hectares.

Barra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Mungaoli
Area (hectares)	536 hectares
Population	973
Male Population	502
Female Population	471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barra compares

By the 2011 count Barra is the 64th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 536 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Barra

Barra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barra from other places

Barra lies about 20 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about 6.7 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 Barra
Nearest railway station	Rahatwas	6.7 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mungaoli	22 km

Villages closest to Barra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barra village had a population of 973. That makes it the 64th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Barra village has 502 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barra has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Barra covers 536 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barra falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barra is Rahatwas, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Barra is about 20 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barra is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about 6.7 km away. Ashoknagar is about 20 km away. Mungaoli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.