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About Baharpur Village

Baharpur is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,459, made up of 784 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.72 hectares hectares.

Baharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baharpur village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 648.72 hectares
Population 1,459
Male Population 784
Female Population 675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Baharpur compares

By the 2011 count Baharpur is the 26th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 648.72 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 915.

Getting to Baharpur

Baharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baharpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baharpur from other places

Baharpur lies about 36 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 6.6 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 Baharpur
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 6.6 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Babai 15 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 36 km

Villages closest to Baharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baharpur village had a population of 1,459. That makes it the 26th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Baharpur village has 784 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baharpur has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Baharpur covers 648.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baharpur falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baharpur is Guramkhedi, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Baharpur.

Baharpur is about 36 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baharpur is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Guramkhedi is about 6.6 km away. Sohāgpur is about 13 km away. Babai is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gol (1.7 km), Silari Kalan (1.8 km) and Chourahet (2.4 km).

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

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