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About Barat Village

Barat is a mid sized village in Nowgong tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 704 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 508.73 hectares hectares.

Barat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Nowgong
Area (hectares) 508.73 hectares
Population 1,303
Male Population 704
Female Population 599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 851
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 Barat compares

By the 2011 count Barat is the 31st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 508.73 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 907.

Getting to Barat

Barat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barat 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 Barat from other places

Barat lies about 15 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, 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 Barat
Tehsil headquarters Nowgong 8.6 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 15 km
Nearest railway station Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 20 km

Villages closest to Barat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barat village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 31st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Barat village has 704 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barat has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Barat covers 508.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barat falls under Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barat is Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barat.

Barat is about 15 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barat is in Nowgong tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Nowgong is about 8.6 km away. Chhatarpur is about 15 km away. Maharaja Chhatrasal Station Chhatarpur 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 Saderi (under 2 km), Khakari Pirpura (2.6 km) and Singrawan Khurd (3.9 km).

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

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