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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
thansingh uikey
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- LGD code
- 493258
- Pincode
- 481998
- Post office
- Anjania
- Population
- 365
- Households
- 90
- Literacy rate
- 53.4%
- Sex ratio
- 962 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 220
- Distance to district centre
- 235 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 276 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 45 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 622 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barkhera · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital Goharganj · 12 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barkheda compares
By population, Barkheda ranks #257 of 337 villages in Bichhiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.4%
+0.5% vs mandal average
- Barkheda
- 53.4%
- Bichhiya mandal
- 52.9%
- Mandla district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
962
−48 vs mandal average
- Barkheda
- 962
- Bichhiya mandal
- 1,010
Household size
people per home
4.1
Same as the mandal average
- Barkheda
- 4.1
- Bichhiya mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkheda at a glance
Barkheda is a village of 365 people in 90 households (Census 2011) in Bichhiya tehsil, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, the 257th-largest of 337 villages in Bichhiya tehsil. Literacy is 53%, about the same as the tehsil average of 53% and the sex ratio is 962 women per 1,000 men. It lies 235 km from the Mandla district centre, under 1 km from Barkhera railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 481998, served by Anjania post office; the LGD village code is 493258. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital Goharganj, 12 km away. The sarpanch is thansingh uikey, and the village votes in Niwas assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chainsingh Warkade. The population is estimated at 430 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Barkheda
- LGD code
- 493258
- Pincode
- 481998
- Post office
- Anjania
- Population (Census 2011)
- 365
- Population (projected 2026)
- 430
- Households
- 90
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 962
- Literacy rate
- 53.4%
- Coordinates
- 22.92000°N, 77.65000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mandla
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Niwas
- Member of Parliament
- Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chainsingh Warkade
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- thansingh uikey
- Block / Mandal
- Bichhiya
Getting there
How to reach Barkheda
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal45 kmcapital
- Hyderabad622 km
- Delhi635 km
- Mumbai654 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarkhera<1 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital Goharganj12 km
- ATM / bankcanara bank34 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil27 km
- CollegeBansal college of Engineering21 km
- Police stationKolar Police Station37 km
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- Niwsa Mal.
- Chhidpuri Alias Chandgaon Ryt.
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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, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)