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About Baraswada Village

Baraswada is a mid sized village in Ambad tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,740, made up of 919 males and 821 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1244.42 hectares hectares.

Baraswada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraswada village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Ambad
Area (hectares) 1244.42 hectares
Population 1,740
Male Population 919
Female Population 821
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baraswada compares

By the 2011 count Baraswada is the 47th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents. Its 1244.42 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Baraswada

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

Baraswada lies about 41 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Sarwari, about 37 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 Baraswada
Tehsil headquarters Ambad 14 km
Nearest railway station Sarwari 37 km
District headquarters Jalna 41 km

Villages closest to Baraswada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraswada village had a population of 1,740. That makes it the 47th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,636 residents.

Baraswada village has 919 males and 821 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraswada has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Baraswada covers 1244.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baraswada falls under Ambad tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Baraswada is Sarwari, about 37 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baraswada.

Baraswada is about 41 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraswada is in Ambad tehsil of Jalna district. Ambad is about 14 km away. Sarwari is about 37 km away. Jalna is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dodadgaon (1.5 km), Shahapur (3.5 km) and Dhakalgaon (3.9 km).

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

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