About Bara Kalan Village

Bara Kalan is a mid sized village in Vijaypur tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,579, made up of 862 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436 hectares hectares.

Bara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Vijaypur
Area (hectares)	436 hectares
Population	1,579
Male Population	862
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 436 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

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 5 - 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 87 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Rampahari, 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 Bara Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Vijaypur	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Rampahari	13 km
Nearest town	Sabalgarh	15 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	87 km

Villages closest to Bara Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Kalan village had a population of 1,579. That makes it the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Bara Kalan village has 862 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Kalan has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 846.

Bara Kalan covers 436 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Kalan falls under Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bara Kalan is Rampahari, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bara Kalan.

Bara Kalan is about 87 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Kalan is in Vijaypur tehsil of Sheopur district. Vijaypur is about 8.2 km away. Rampahari is about 13 km away. Sabalgarh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.