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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
KM
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Kuldeep Mishra
Contact: 63****9367
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- LGD code
- 457471
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population
- 626
- Households
- 153
- Literacy rate
- 45%
- Sex ratio
- 814 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 346
- Distance to district centre
- 106 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 370 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 497 km
- Nearest railway station
- Atarra · 22 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Divya Chikitsa Bhawan · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barband compares
By population, Barband ranks #92 of 151 villages in Gaurihar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.0%
−9.2% vs mandal average
Barband45.0%
Gaurihar mandal54.2%
Chhatarpur district53.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
814
−44 vs mandal average
Barband814
Gaurihar mandal858
Household size
people per home
4.1
−0.8 vs mandal average
Barband4.1
Gaurihar mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barband at a glance
Barband is a village of 626 people in 153 households (Census 2011) in Gaurihar tehsil, Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 92nd-largest of 151 villages in Gaurihar tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 9 points below the tehsil average of 54% and the sex ratio is 814 women per 1,000 men. It lies 106 km from the Chhatarpur district centre, 29 km from Tindwara, the nearest town, 22 km from Atarra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 471525, served by Chandla post office; the LGD village code is 457471. The nearest hospital or health centre is Divya Chikitsa Bhawan, 7 km away. The sarpanch is Kuldeep Mishra, and the village votes in Rajnagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Arvind Pateriya. The population is estimated at 738 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barband
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHANDLA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 29
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 135
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 721.42
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 1.2
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barband
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barband
- LGD code
- 457471
- Pincode
- 471525
- Post office
- Chandla
- Population (Census 2011)
- 626
- Population (projected 2026)
- 738
- Households
- 153
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 814
- Literacy rate
- 45.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.16592°N, 80.40104°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Khajuraho
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rajnagar
- Member of Parliament
- V. D. Sharma
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Arvind Pateriya
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Kuldeep Mishra
- Block / Mandal
- Gaurihar
Getting there
How to reach Barband
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal370 kmcapital
- Delhi497 km
- Kolkata859 km
- Hyderabad888 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAtarra22 km
- Hospital / PHCDivya Chikitsa Bhawan7 km
- CollegeAtarra PG College22 km
- Police stationPolice Station Badausa27 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)