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About Barigawan Village

Barigawan is a mid sized village in Gopadbanas tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,050, made up of 534 males and 516 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.97 hectares hectares.

Barigawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barigawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sidhi
Tehsil Gopadbanas
Area (hectares) 539.97 hectares
Population 1,050
Male Population 534
Female Population 516
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barigawan compares

By the 2011 count Barigawan is the 80th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents. Its 539.97 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Barigawan

Barigawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barigawan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barigawan from other places

Barigawan lies about 9.0 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Shankarpur Bhadaura, about 42 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 Barigawan
Tehsil headquarters Gopadbanas 9.0 km
District headquarters Sidhi 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Shankarpur Bhadaura 42 km

Villages closest to Barigawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barigawan village had a population of 1,050. That makes it the 80th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,149 residents.

Barigawan village has 534 males and 516 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barigawan has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Barigawan covers 539.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barigawan falls under Gopadbanas tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barigawan is Shankarpur Bhadaura, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barigawan.

Barigawan is about 9.0 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barigawan is in Gopadbanas tehsil of Sidhi district. Gopadbanas is about 9.0 km away. Sidhi is about 9.0 km away. Shankarpur Bhadaura is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amaha Tola (1.8 km), Karaundiya Tola (2.0 km) and Deoghata (4.8 km).

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

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