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About Barband Village

Barband is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 626, made up of 345 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 721.42 hectares hectares.

Barband Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barband village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 721.42 hectares
Population 626
Male Population 345
Female Population 281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barband compares

By the 2011 count Barband is the 91st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 721.42 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Barband

Barband is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barband 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barband from other places

Barband lies about 74 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khurhand, about 33 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 Barband
Tehsil headquarters Gaurihar 18 km
Nearest town Lauri 29 km
Nearest railway station Khurhand 33 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 74 km

Villages closest to Barband

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barband village had a population of 626. That makes it the 91st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Barband village has 345 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barband has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Barband covers 721.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barband falls under Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barband is Khurhand, about 33 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 10+ km distance for Barband.

Barband is about 74 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barband is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 18 km away. Lauri is about 29 km away. Khurhand is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhawa (2.1 km), Govindpur (3.3 km) and Partappur (3.5 km).

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

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