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About Barakhad Kalan Village

Barakhad Kalan is a mid sized village in Seoni Malwa tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 333 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 387.97 hectares hectares.

Barakhad Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakhad Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Seoni Malwa
Area (hectares) 387.97 hectares
Population 680
Male Population 333
Female Population 347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barakhad Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barakhad Kalan is the 94th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 387.97 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Barakhad Kalan

Barakhad Kalan 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 Barakhad Kalan 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barakhad Kalan from other places

Barakhad Kalan lies about 40 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Banapura, about 2.0 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 Barakhad Kalan
Nearest railway station Banapura 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Seoni Malwa 3.0 km
Nearest town Seoni Mālwa 3.0 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 40 km

Villages closest to Barakhad Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Seoni Malwa 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 Barakhad Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakhad Kalan village had a population of 680. That makes it the 94th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Barakhad Kalan village has 333 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakhad Kalan has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Barakhad Kalan covers 387.97 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.

Barakhad Kalan falls under Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barakhad Kalan is Banapura, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Barakhad Kalan is about 40 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barakhad Kalan is in Seoni Malwa tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Banapura is about 2.0 km away. Seoni Malwa is about 3.0 km away. Seoni Mālwa is about 3.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barakhad Khurd (under 2 km), Mohanpur (1.5 km) and Banapura (1.8 km).

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

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