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About Barkhedi Village

Barkhedi is a large village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,012, made up of 996 males and 1,016 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 834.59 hectares hectares.

Barkhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Piploda
Area (hectares) 834.59 hectares
Population 2,012
Male Population 996
Female Population 1,016
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barkhedi compares

By the 2011 count Barkhedi is the 20th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 834.59 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Barkhedi

Barkhedi 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 Barkhedi as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Barkhedi from other places

Barkhedi lies about 32 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Jaora, about 2.8 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 Barkhedi
Nearest railway station Jaora 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Piploda 19 km
District headquarters Ratlam 32 km

Villages closest to Barkhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkhedi village had a population of 2,012. That makes it the 20th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Barkhedi village has 996 males and 1,016 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkhedi has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Barkhedi covers 834.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkhedi falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkhedi is Jaora, about 2.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barkhedi.

Barkhedi is about 32 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkhedi is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Jaora is about 2.8 km away. Piploda is about 19 km away. Ratlam is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padliya Umath (5.0 km), Hariyakheda (5.2 km) and Badayala Chorasi (5.5 km).

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

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