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About Barah Kalan Village

Barah Kalan is a mid sized village in Udaipura tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,094, made up of 569 males and 525 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469.99 hectares hectares.

Barah Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barah Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Udaipura
Area (hectares) 469.99 hectares
Population 1,094
Male Population 569
Female Population 525
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barah Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barah Kalan is the 40th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 900 residents. Its 469.99 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Barah Kalan

Barah Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barah 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barah Kalan from other places

Barah Kalan lies about 86 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Salichauka Road, about 27 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 Barah Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Udaipura 6.1 km
Nearest town Gādarwāra 27 km
Nearest railway station Salichauka Road 27 km
District headquarters Raisen 86 km

Villages closest to Barah Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Udaipura 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 Barah Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barah Kalan village had a population of 1,094. That makes it the 40th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 900 residents.

Barah Kalan village has 569 males and 525 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barah Kalan has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 911.

Barah Kalan covers 469.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barah Kalan falls under Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barah Kalan is Salichauka Road, about 27 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 village for Barah Kalan.

Barah Kalan is about 86 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barah Kalan is in Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district. Udaipura is about 6.1 km away. Gādarwāra is about 27 km away. Salichauka Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpura (under 2 km), Bisawadi (under 2 km) and Kakrua (2.3 km).

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

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