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About Barai Village

Barai is a large village in Badarwas tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,687, made up of 1,443 males and 1,244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 984.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 473885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Badarwas
Pincode 473885
Area (hectares) 984.3 hectares
Population 2,687
Male Population 1,443
Female Population 1,244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barai compares

By the 2011 count Barai is the 10th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 984.3 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Barai

Barai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barai from other places

Barai lies about 50 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Badarwas, about 3.1 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 Barai
Nearest railway station Badarwas 3.1 km
Nearest town Guna 44 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 50 km

Villages closest to Barai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barai village had a population of 2,687. That makes it the 10th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Barai village has 1,443 males and 1,244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barai has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

The pincode recorded for Barai is 473885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barai covers 984.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barai falls under Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barai is Badarwas, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barai.

Barai is about 50 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barai is in Badarwas tehsil of Shivpuri district. Badarwas is about 3.1 km away. Guna is about 44 km away. Shivpuri is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barai Kheda (under 2 km), Gudhal (under 2 km) and Gudhal Jangir (under 2 km).

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

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