About Barua Village

Barua is a mid sized village in Gaurihar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,765, made up of 991 males and 774 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1004.5 hectares hectares.

Barua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barua village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Gaurihar
Area (hectares)	1004.5 hectares
Population	1,765
Male Population	991
Female Population	774
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	781
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barua compares

By the 2011 count Barua is the 33rd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 1004.5 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Barua

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

How far is Barua from other places

Barua lies about 69 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mataundh, about 29 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 Barua
Tehsil headquarters	Gaurihar	12 km
Nearest town	Lauri	22 km
Nearest railway station	Mataundh	29 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	69 km

Villages closest to Barua

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 Barua

As per the Census of India 2011, Barua village had a population of 1,765. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Barua village has 991 males and 774 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barua has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Barua covers 1004.5 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Barua is Mataundh, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barua.

Barua is about 69 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barua is in Gaurihar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Gaurihar is about 12 km away. Lauri is about 22 km away. Mataundh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.