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About Barnawad Village

Barnawad is a mid sized village in Shyampur tehsil, in the district of Sehore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 271 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.21 hectares hectares.

Barnawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnawad village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sehore
Tehsil Shyampur
Area (hectares) 472.21 hectares
Population 506
Male Population 271
Female Population 235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barnawad compares

By the 2011 count Barnawad is the 98th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 472.21 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Barnawad

Barnawad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barnawad 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 Barnawad from other places

Barnawad lies about 43 km from Sehore, and the nearest railway station is Shujalpur, about 13 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 Barnawad
Tehsil headquarters Shyampur 7.0 km
Nearest town Shujālpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Shujalpur 13 km
District headquarters Sehore 43 km

Villages closest to Barnawad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnawad village had a population of 506. That makes it the 98th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Barnawad village has 271 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnawad has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

Barnawad covers 472.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barnawad falls under Shyampur tehsil of Sehore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barnawad is Shujalpur, about 13 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 Barnawad.

Barnawad is about 43 km from Sehore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnawad is in Shyampur tehsil of Sehore district. Shyampur is about 7.0 km away. Shujālpur is about 11 km away. Shujalpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankheda (5.4 km), Barkheda Deva (5.4 km) and Barkheda Hasan (5.4 km).

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

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