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About Barkhera Village

Barkhera is a mid sized village in Rehli tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 527 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.01 hectares hectares.

Barkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Rehli
Area (hectares) 613.01 hectares
Population 976
Male Population 527
Female Population 449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkhera compares

By the 2011 count Barkhera is the 36th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 613.01 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Barkhera

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

How far is Barkhera from other places

Barkhera lies about 32 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Girwar, about 17 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 Barkhera
Tehsil headquarters Rehli 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Girwar 17 km
District headquarters Sagar 32 km

Villages closest to Barkhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkhera village had a population of 976. That makes it the 36th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Barkhera village has 527 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkhera has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Barkhera covers 613.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barkhera falls under Rehli tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkhera is Girwar, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barkhera.

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

Barkhera is in Rehli tehsil of Sagar district. Rehli is about 7.8 km away. Girwar is about 17 km away. Sagar 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 Richhoda (under 2 km), Dobhi (2.2 km) and Bagraon (2.3 km).

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

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