About Barkheda Village

Barkheda is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,821, made up of 935 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.06 hectares hectares.

Barkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkheda village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Goharganj
Area (hectares)	117.06 hectares
Population	1,821
Male Population	935
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Barkheda compares

By the 2011 count Barkheda is the 15th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 117.06 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Barkheda

Barkheda 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 Barkheda 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barkheda from other places

Barkheda lies about 48 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about under 2 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 Barkheda
Nearest railway station	Barkhera	under 2 km
Nearest town	Ubaidullāhganj	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goharganj	13 km
District headquarters	Raisen	48 km

Villages closest to Barkheda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkheda village had a population of 1,821. That makes it the 15th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Barkheda village has 935 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkheda has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Barkheda covers 117.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barkheda falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkheda is Barkhera, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Barkheda is about 48 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkheda is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Barkhera is about under 2 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 12 km away. Goharganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.