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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PANCHAM SINGH
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- LGD code
- 499329
- Pincode
- 473226
- Post office
- Raghogarh
- Population
- 235
- Households
- 60
- Literacy rate
- 24.3%
- Sex ratio
- 926 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 150
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 19 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 123 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 474 km
- Nearest railway station
- Raghogarh · 18 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government hospital Aron · 13 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barkhua compares
By population, Barkhua ranks #109 of 159 villages in Raghogarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
24.3%
−24.7% vs mandal average
Barkhua24.3%
Raghogarh mandal49.0%
Guna district52.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
926
+20 vs mandal average
Barkhua926
Raghogarh mandal906
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.1 vs mandal average
Barkhua3.9
Raghogarh mandal5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkhua at a glance
Barkhua is a village of 235 people in 60 households (Census 2011) in Raghogarh tehsil, Guna district, Madhya Pradesh, the 109th-largest of 159 villages in Raghogarh tehsil. Literacy is 24%, 25 points below the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 926 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Guna district centre, 33 km from Maksudangarh, the nearest town, 18 km from Raghogarh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 473226, served by Raghogarh post office; the LGD village code is 499329. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government hospital Aron, 13 km away. The sarpanch is PANCHAM SINGH, and the village votes in Chachoura assembly constituency, represented by MLA Priyanka Penchi. The population is estimated at 277 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barkhua
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 6
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- RAGHOGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 80
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 50
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 536
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 48.3
- Forest area (ha)
- 55
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Barkhua
- LGD code
- 499329
- Pincode
- 473226
- Post office
- Raghogarh
- Population (Census 2011)
- 235
- Population (projected 2026)
- 277
- Households
- 60
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 926
- Literacy rate
- 24.3%
- Coordinates
- 24.35583°N, 77.28857°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Rajgarh
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chachoura
- Member of Parliament
- Rodmal Nagar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Priyanka Penchi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PANCHAM SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Raghogarh
Getting there
How to reach Barkhua
Nearest town · 10,917 people
Maksudangarh · ≈ 33 km
≈ 1 h 7 min by car · 1 h 20 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal123 kmcapital
- Delhi474 km
- Mumbai743 km
- Hyderabad785 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRaghogarh18 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment hospital Aron13 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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