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About Barikhera Village

Barikhera is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 584 males and 530 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 444.01 hectares hectares.

Barikhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barikhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Gaurihar
Area (hectares) 444.01 hectares
Population 1,114
Male Population 584
Female Population 530
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
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 Barikhera compares

By the 2011 count Barikhera is the 61st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 444.01 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Barikhera

Barikhera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barikhera 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 Barikhera from other places

Barikhera lies about 61 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kabrai, about 20 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 Barikhera
Tehsil headquarters Gaurihar 11 km
Nearest town Lauri 13 km
Nearest railway station Kabrai 20 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 61 km

Villages closest to Barikhera

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 Barikhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Barikhera village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 61st largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Barikhera village has 584 males and 530 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barikhera has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 864.

Barikhera covers 444.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barikhera is Kabrai, about 20 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 Barikhera.

Barikhera is about 61 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barikhera is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 11 km away. Lauri is about 13 km away. Kabrai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bachhera Khera (under 2 km), Khera (under 2 km) and Nibikhera (under 2 km).

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

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