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About Bara Kalan Village

Bara Kalan is a mid sized village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,065, made up of 557 males and 508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.97 hectares hectares.

Bara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 215.97 hectares
Population 1,065
Male Population 557
Female Population 508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bara Kalan is the 117th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 215.97 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Bara Kalan

Bara Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara Kalan as Available within 10+ 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 Bara Kalan from other places

Bara Kalan lies about 52 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Bhadanpur, about 14 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 Bara Kalan
Nearest railway station Bhadanpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 18 km
District headquarters Satna 52 km

Villages closest to Bara Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Kalan village had a population of 1,065. That makes it the 117th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Bara Kalan village has 557 males and 508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Kalan has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Bara Kalan covers 215.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Kalan falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bara Kalan is Bhadanpur, about 14 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bara Kalan.

Bara Kalan is about 52 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Kalan is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Bhadanpur is about 14 km away. Maihar is about 18 km away. Satna is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Guguwar (1.7 km), Majhiyar (1.9 km) and Parasrampur (2.6 km).

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

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