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About Barkhera Village

Barkhera is a large village in Bayana tehsil, in the district of Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,353, made up of 1,770 males and 1,583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 642.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321028, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkhera village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Bharatpur
Tehsil Bayana
Pincode 321028
Area (hectares) 642.3 hectares
Population 3,353
Male Population 1,770
Female Population 1,583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkhera compares

By the 2011 count Barkhera is the 10th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 642.3 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 827.

Getting to Barkhera

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

Barkhera lies about 28 km from Bharatpur, and the nearest railway station is Kela Devi, about 11 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 Barkhera
Nearest railway station Kela Devi 11 km
Nearest town Nādbai 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Bayana 20 km
District headquarters Bharatpur 28 km

Villages closest to Barkhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkhera village had a population of 3,353. That makes it the 10th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Barkhera village has 1,770 males and 1,583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkhera has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 827.

The pincode recorded for Barkhera is 321028. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkhera covers 642.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkhera falls under Bayana tehsil of Bharatpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Barkhera is Kela Devi, about 11 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 Barkhera.

Barkhera is about 28 km from Bharatpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkhera is in Bayana tehsil of Bharatpur district. Kela Devi is about 11 km away. Nādbai is about 16 km away. Bayana is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhamri (2.0 km), Nagla Ghansola (2.4 km) and Nagla Medsingh (2.4 km).

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

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