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About Bharhut Village

Bharhut is a large village in Unchahara tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,100, made up of 1,098 males and 1,002 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934.82 hectares hectares.

Bharhut Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharhut village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Unchahara
Area (hectares) 934.82 hectares
Population 2,100
Male Population 1,098
Female Population 1,002
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 913
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bharhut compares

By the 2011 count Bharhut is the 19th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 934.82 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 949.

Getting to Bharhut

Bharhut is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bharhut as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bharhut from other places

Bharhut lies about 15 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Lagargawan, about 3.6 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 Bharhut
Nearest railway station Lagargawan 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Unchahara 15 km
District headquarters Satna 15 km

Villages closest to Bharhut

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharhut village had a population of 2,100. That makes it the 19th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Bharhut village has 1,098 males and 1,002 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharhut has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Bharhut covers 934.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharhut falls under Unchahara tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bharhut is Lagargawan, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bharhut.

Bharhut is about 15 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharhut is in Unchahara tehsil of Satna district. Lagargawan is about 3.6 km away. Unchahara is about 15 km away. Satna is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewar (under 2 km), Dadri (1.7 km) and Mainaha (1.7 km).

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

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