About Barfa Village

Barfa is a mid sized village in Samudrapur tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 507, made up of 256 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.2 hectares hectares.

Barfa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barfa village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Samudrapur
Area (hectares)	215.2 hectares
Population	507
Male Population	256
Female Population	251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barfa compares

By the 2011 count Barfa is the 72nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 215.2 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Barfa

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

Barfa lies about 48 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Hinganghat, about 21 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 Barfa
Tehsil headquarters	Samudrapur	8.8 km
Nearest town	Hinganghāt	20 km
Nearest railway station	Hinganghat	21 km
District headquarters	Wardha	48 km

Villages closest to Barfa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barfa village had a population of 507. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Barfa village has 256 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barfa has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Barfa covers 215.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barfa falls under Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Barfa is Hinganghat, about 21 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 Barfa.

Barfa is about 48 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barfa is in Samudrapur tehsil of Wardha district. Samudrapur is about 8.8 km away. Hinganghāt is about 20 km away. Hinganghat is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.