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About Barkhedi Village

Barkhedi is a mid sized village in Raghogarh tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 502, made up of 265 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares.

Barkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Raghogarh
Area (hectares) 144 hectares
Population 502
Male Population 265
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Barkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Barkhedi is the 65th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 679 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Barkhedi

Barkhedi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barkhedi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barkhedi from other places

Barkhedi lies about 38 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Kumbhraj, about 5.4 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 Barkhedi
Nearest railway station Kumbhraj 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Raghogarh 12 km
Nearest town Rāghogarh 12 km
District headquarters Guna 38 km

Villages closest to Barkhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkhedi village had a population of 502. That makes it the 65th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 679 residents.

Barkhedi village has 265 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkhedi has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Barkhedi covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkhedi falls under Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkhedi is Kumbhraj, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Barkhedi.

Barkhedi is about 38 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkhedi is in Raghogarh tehsil of Guna district. Kumbhraj is about 5.4 km away. Raghogarh is about 12 km away. Rāghogarh is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sundar Khedi (under 2 km), Govindpura (under 2 km) and Munhasa (1.6 km).

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

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