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About Barhat Village

Barhat is a large village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,419, made up of 1,248 males and 1,171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 724.51 hectares hectares.

Barhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhat village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 724.51 hectares
Population 2,419
Male Population 1,248
Female Population 1,171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhat compares

By the 2011 count Barhat is the 28th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 724.51 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Barhat

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

Barhat lies about 45 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Gondwali, about 36 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 Barhat
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 14 km
Nearest railway station Gondwali 36 km
District headquarters Singrauli 45 km

Villages closest to Barhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhat village had a population of 2,419. That makes it the 28th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Barhat village has 1,248 males and 1,171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhat has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Barhat covers 724.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhat falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barhat is Gondwali, about 36 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 village for Barhat.

Barhat is about 45 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhat is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 14 km away. Gondwali is about 36 km away. Singrauli is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (2.5 km), Kuthuli (3.4 km) and Nandani (3.4 km).

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

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