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About Barikhera Village

Barikhera is a large village in Sahawar tehsil, in the district of Kanshiram Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,231, made up of 1,184 males and 1,047 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 207123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barikhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barikhera village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanshiram Nagar
Tehsil Sahawar
Pincode 207123
Area (hectares) 290.43 hectares
Population 2,231
Male Population 1,184
Female Population 1,047
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barikhera compares

By the 2011 count Barikhera is the 41st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 290.43 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Barikhera

Barikhera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barikhera 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barikhera from other places

Barikhera lies about 14 km from Kanshiram Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Badhari Kalan, about 4.9 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 Barikhera
Nearest railway station Badhari Kalan 4.9 km
Nearest town Kāsganj 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahawar 14 km
District headquarters Kanshiram Nagar 14 km

Villages closest to Barikhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barikhera village had a population of 2,231. That makes it the 41st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Barikhera village has 1,184 males and 1,047 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barikhera has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 884.

The pincode recorded for Barikhera is 207123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barikhera covers 290.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barikhera falls under Sahawar tehsil of Kanshiram Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barikhera is Badhari Kalan, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Barikhera.

Barikhera is about 14 km from Kanshiram Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barikhera is in Sahawar tehsil of Kanshiram Nagar district. Badhari Kalan is about 4.9 km away. Kāsganj is about 5.4 km away. Sahawar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wazeerpur (1.6 km), Firozpur Noorulla Khan (2.1 km) and Firozpur Sani (2.1 km).

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

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