About Barka Village

Barka is a mid sized village in Bhander tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,860, made up of 1,014 males and 846 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.6 hectares hectares.

Barka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Datia
Tehsil	Bhander
Area (hectares)	631.6 hectares
Population	1,860
Male Population	1,014
Female Population	846
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	834
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barka compares

By the 2011 count Barka is the 16th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 631.6 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 876.

Getting to Barka

Barka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barka as Available within 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 Barka from other places

Barka lies about 37 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Moth, about 28 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 Barka
Nearest town	Indargarh	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhander	18 km
Nearest railway station	Moth	28 km
District headquarters	Datia	37 km

Villages closest to Barka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barka village had a population of 1,860. That makes it the 16th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Barka village has 1,014 males and 846 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barka has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Barka covers 631.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barka falls under Bhander tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barka is Moth, about 28 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 village for Barka.

Barka is about 37 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barka is in Bhander tehsil of Datia district. Indargarh is about 17 km away. Bhander is about 18 km away. Moth is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.