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About Barkhera Village

Barkhera is a mid sized village in Khanpur tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 553, made up of 297 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkhera village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jhalawar
Tehsil Khanpur
Pincode 326038
Area (hectares) 199.08 hectares
Population 553
Male Population 297
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
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 Barkhera compares

By the 2011 count Barkhera is the 95th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 828 residents. Its 199.08 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Barkhera

Barkhera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barkhera 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 Barkhera from other places

Barkhera lies about 20 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, 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 Barkhera
Tehsil headquarters Khanpur 10 km
District headquarters Jhalawar 20 km
Nearest town Jhālāwār 20 km
Nearest railway station Jhalarapatan 21 km

Villages closest to Barkhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khanpur 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 553. That makes it the 95th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 828 residents.

Barkhera village has 297 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkhera has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Barkhera is 326038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkhera covers 199.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkhera falls under Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Barkhera is Jhalarapatan, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barkhera.

Barkhera is about 20 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkhera is in Khanpur tehsil of Jhalawar district. Khanpur is about 10 km away. Jhalawar is about 20 km away. Jhālāwār 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 Leemi (under 2 km), Matwasa (1.6 km) and Guwari (1.8 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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