About Barchheka Village

Barchheka is a large village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,311, made up of 1,192 males and 1,119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 443.53 hectares hectares.

Barchheka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barchheka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Badwara
Area (hectares)	443.53 hectares
Population	2,311
Male Population	1,192
Female Population	1,119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barchheka compares

By the 2011 count Barchheka is the 9th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 443.53 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Barchheka

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

Barchheka lies about 16 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 10 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 Barchheka
Nearest railway station	Salhana	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Badwara	16 km
District headquarters	Katni	16 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	16 km

Villages closest to Barchheka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barchheka village had a population of 2,311. That makes it the 9th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Barchheka village has 1,192 males and 1,119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barchheka has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Barchheka covers 443.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barchheka falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barchheka is Salhana, about 10 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barchheka.

Barchheka is about 16 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barchheka is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 10 km away. Badwara is about 16 km away. Katni is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.