About Barutara Village

Barutara is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 257 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.38 hectares hectares.

Barutara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barutara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Sohagpur
Area (hectares)	467.38 hectares
Population	543
Male Population	257
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barutara compares

By the 2011 count Barutara is the 196th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 467.38 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Barutara

Barutara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barutara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Barutara from other places

Barutara lies about 34 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Chhada, about 33 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 Barutara
Nearest railway station	Chhada	33 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sohagpur	33 km
Nearest town	Amlai	34 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	34 km

Villages closest to Barutara

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

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Common questions about Barutara

As per the Census of India 2011, Barutara village had a population of 543. That makes it the 196th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Barutara village has 257 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barutara has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Barutara covers 467.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barutara falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barutara is Chhada, about 33 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 10+ km distance for Barutara.

Barutara is about 34 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barutara is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Chhada is about 33 km away. Sohagpur is about 33 km away. Amlai is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.