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About Barma Village

Barma is a mid sized village in Bada Malhera tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,674, made up of 882 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518.53 hectares hectares.

Barma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barma village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Bada Malhera
Area (hectares) 518.53 hectares
Population 1,674
Male Population 882
Female Population 792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barma compares

By the 2011 count Barma is the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 518.53 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Barma

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

How far is Barma from other places

Barma lies about 56 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tila, about 34 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 Barma
Tehsil headquarters Bada Malhera 8.2 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 28 km
Nearest railway station Tila 34 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 56 km

Villages closest to Barma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bada Malhera 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 Barma

As per the Census of India 2011, Barma village had a population of 1,674. That makes it the 15th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Barma village has 882 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barma has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 878.

Barma covers 518.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barma falls under Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barma is Tila, about 34 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barma.

Barma is about 56 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barma is in Bada Malhera tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bada Malhera is about 8.2 km away. Bijāwar is about 28 km away. Tila is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salaiya (under 2 km), Sedhpa (2.5 km) and Malpura (2.7 km).

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

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