About Baraha Village

Baraha is a large village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,404, made up of 1,337 males and 1,067 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 798 females per 1000 males. The village covers 927.78 hectares hectares.

Baraha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraha village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Gaurihar
Area (hectares)	927.78 hectares
Population	2,404
Male Population	1,337
Female Population	1,067
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	798
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baraha compares

By the 2011 count Baraha is the 20th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 927.78 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Baraha

Baraha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baraha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Baraha from other places

Baraha lies about 66 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kabrai, about 22 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 Baraha
Tehsil headquarters	Gaurihar	7.0 km
Nearest town	Lauri	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kabrai	22 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	66 km

Villages closest to Baraha

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.

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Common questions about Baraha

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraha village had a population of 2,404. That makes it the 20th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Baraha village has 1,337 males and 1,067 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraha has about 798 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Baraha covers 927.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Baraha is Kabrai, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Baraha.

Baraha is about 66 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraha is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 7.0 km away. Lauri is about 18 km away. Kabrai is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.